netdev - [PATCH v2 3/3] ipconfig: Handle CONFIG_CIFS

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Date:   Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:21:16 -0300
From:   "Paulo Alcantara (SUSE)" <pc@....nz>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org
Cc:     "Paulo Alcantara (SUSE)" <pc@....nz>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] ipconfig: Handle CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT option

The experimental root file system support in cifs.ko relies on
ipconfig to set up the network stack and then accessing the SMB share
that contains the rootfs files.

Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>
Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <pc@....nz>
---
 net/ipv4/ipconfig.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 9bcca08efec9..32e20b758b68 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -1483,10 +1483,10 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
 	 * missing values.
 	 */
 	if (ic_myaddr == NONE ||
-#ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_NFS
+#if defined(CONFIG_ROOT_NFS) || defined(CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT)
 	    (root_server_addr == NONE &&
 	     ic_servaddr == NONE &&
-	     ROOT_DEV == Root_NFS) ||
+	     (ROOT_DEV == Root_NFS || ROOT_DEV == Root_CIFS)) ||
 #endif
 	    ic_first_dev->next) {
 #ifdef IPCONFIG_DYNAMIC
@@ -1513,6 +1513,12 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
 				goto try_try_again;
 			}
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT
+			if (ROOT_DEV == Root_CIFS) {
+				pr_err("IP-Config: Retrying forever (CIFS root)...\n");
+				goto try_try_again;
+			}
+#endif
 
 			if (--retries) {
 				pr_err("IP-Config: Reopening network devices...\n");
-- 
2.23.0