Re: [PATCH] fs: avoid empty option when generating legacy mount string

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Wed Jun 07 2023 - 15:47:21 EST


On Wed, 07 Jun 2023 19:28:48 +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> As each option string fragment is always prepended with a comma it would
> happen that the whole string always starts with a comma.
> This could be interpreted by filesystem drivers as an empty option and
> may produce errors.
>
> For example the NTFS driver from ntfs.ko behaves like this and fails when
> mounted via the new API.
>
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/1] fs: avoid empty option when generating legacy mount string
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/de3824801c82