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

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Message-Id: <20230607-nussbaum-erleben-33b0998d9aa0@brauner>
Date:   Wed,  7 Jun 2023 21:46:48 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Karel Zak <kzag@...hat.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: avoid empty option when generating legacy mount string

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