[linux-cifs-client] Re: projected date for mount.cifs to support DFS junction points

[Steve French]

Igor's overview of the patch series is:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs-client&r=1&b=200712&w=2

Although most of the CIFS DFS support is merged, there are three
remaining patches to finish review before merge.  One, for completing
CIFSGetDFSReferral, is probably less interesting to fsdevel:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs-client&m=119798736327234&w=2

but the other two are more important:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs-client&m=119798738227280&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs-client&m=119798739027293&w=2

Igor has indicated that he will look at a subsequent patch to more
efficiently store mountdata on shrinkable mounts by using a pointer to
the parent's mountdata.

On Jan 11, 2008 3:07 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 02:28:40PM -0600, Steve French wrote:
> > > to CIFS not supporting DFS junction points.  Any projected date for that
> > > to be supported?
> >
> > I anticipate that it will make Linux kernel 2.6.25 (marked
> > experimental) and eventually in a cifs version 1.53 backported for
> > older kernels.
>
> If you want to get it into 2.6.25 get it out for review on -fsdevel
> ASAP.  2.6.24 is almost done and it needs to be in acceptable state
> before 2.6.25 opens.
>
>



-- 
Thanks,

Steve