[NFS] [PATCH] Make V4 mounts return the correct errno to mount command

From: Steve Dickson
Date: Wed Apr 21 2004 - 06:33:00 EST


Hey Trond,

Attached is a patch that changes nfs_sb_init() to returned correct
errno (when nfs_get_root() fails), instead of returning a static
errno of -EINVAL. By returning the correct errno, it allows
the mount command to print the correct error message.
For example, currently when you try to mount a v4 fs that
is not exported on the server you get:

Lucky# mount -v -t nfs4 harryp:/home /mnt/harryp
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on harryp:/home,
or too many mounted file systems

With this patch, error message becomes:

Lucky# mount -v -t nfs4 harryp:/home /mnt/harryp
mount: special device harryp:/home does not exist

Now that the mount command correctly decipher the errror
I also changed two hard coded printk into dprintks to cut
down on the number of messages (from 4 to 2) that are logged
for this type of error.

SteveD.

--- linux-2.6.5/fs/nfs/inode.c.orig 2004-04-20 04:21:05.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.5/fs/nfs/inode.c 2004-04-20 21:37:34.599579224 -0400
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ nfs_get_root(struct super_block *sb, str

error = server->rpc_ops->getroot(server, rootfh, fsinfo);
if (error < 0) {
- printk(KERN_NOTICE "nfs_get_root: getattr error = %d\n", -error);
+ dprintk("nfs_get_root: getattr error = %d\n", -error);
return ERR_PTR(error);
}

@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ nfs_sb_init(struct super_block *sb, rpc_
struct nfs_pathconf pathinfo = {
.fattr = &fattr,
};
+ int no_root_error = 0;

/* We probably want something more informative here */
snprintf(sb->s_id, sizeof(sb->s_id), "%x:%x", MAJOR(sb->s_dev), MINOR(sb->s_dev));
@@ -272,12 +273,15 @@ nfs_sb_init(struct super_block *sb, rpc_

root_inode = nfs_get_root(sb, &server->fh, &fsinfo);
/* Did getting the root inode fail? */
- if (IS_ERR(root_inode))
+ if (IS_ERR(root_inode)) {
+ no_root_error = PTR_ERR(root_inode);
goto out_no_root;
+ }
sb->s_root = d_alloc_root(root_inode);
- if (!sb->s_root)
+ if (!sb->s_root) {
+ no_root_error = -ENOMEM;
goto out_no_root;
-
+ }
sb->s_root->d_op = server->rpc_ops->dentry_ops;

/* Get some general file system info */
@@ -337,10 +341,10 @@ nfs_sb_init(struct super_block *sb, rpc_
return 0;
/* Yargs. It didn't work out. */
out_no_root:
- printk("nfs_read_super: get root inode failed\n");
+ dprintk("nfs_sb_init: get root inode failed: errno %d\n", -no_root_error);
if (!IS_ERR(root_inode))
iput(root_inode);
- return -EINVAL;
+ return no_root_error;
}

/*