From: Miklos Szeredi On emergency remount we want to force MS_RDONLY on the super block even if ->remount_fs() failed for some reason. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- fs/super.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/super.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/super.c 2011-01-12 15:47:09.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/super.c 2011-01-12 15:47:10.000000000 +0100 @@ -580,7 +580,8 @@ int do_remount_sb(struct super_block *sb if (sb->s_op->remount_fs) { retval = sb->s_op->remount_fs(sb, &flags, data); - if (retval) + /* If forced remount, go ahead despite any errors */ + if (retval && !force) return retval; } sb->s_flags = (sb->s_flags & ~MS_RMT_MASK) | (flags & MS_RMT_MASK); -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/