linux-kernel - [PATCH] init/do_mounts.c: Print error code on mount failure

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Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:06:30 +0100
From:	Bernhard Walle <bernhard@...lle.de>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] init/do_mounts.c: Print error code on mount failure

Printing the error code makes it easier to debug the cause of a mount
failure. For example I had the problem that the root file system could
not be mounted read-writeable because my SD card was write-protected.
Without an error code it looks like the SD card was not detected at all.

Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@...lle.de>
---
 init/do_mounts.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 2974c8b..0e93f92 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ retry:
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 		__bdevname(ROOT_DEV, b);
 #endif
-		printk("VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s\n",
-				root_device_name, b);
+		printk("VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s: error %d\n",
+				root_device_name, b, err);
 		printk("Please append a correct \"root=\" boot option; here are the available partitions:\n");
 
 		printk_all_partitions();
-- 
1.7.9.2

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