[RFC PATCH v2 0/5] Rename "cifs" module to "smbfs"

Matthew Wilcox willy at infradead.org
Tue Aug 2 19:22:44 UTC 2022


On Tue, Aug 02, 2022 at 04:00:43PM -0300, Enzo Matsumiya wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As part of the ongoing effort to remove the "cifs" nomenclature from the
> Linux SMB client, I'm proposing the rename of the module to "smbfs".
> 
> As it's widely known, CIFS is associated to SMB1.0, which, in turn, is
> associated with the security issues it presented in the past. Using
> "SMBFS" makes clear what's the protocol in use for outsiders, but also
> unties it from any particular protocol version. It also fits in the
> already existing "fs/smbfs_common" and "fs/ksmbd" naming scheme.
> 
> This short patch series only changes directory names and includes/ifdefs in
> headers and source code, and updates docs to reflect the rename. Other
> than that, no source code/functionality is modified (WIP though).

Why did you not reply to Jeff Layton's concern before posting a v2?



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