[PATCH net-next 1/2] init: Support mounting root file systems over SMB

["Paulo Alcantara (SUSE)" <pc@cjr.nz>]

Add a new virtual device named /dev/cifs (0xfe) to tell the kernel to
mount the root file system over the network by using SMB protocol.

cifs_root_data() will be responsible to retrieve the parsed
information of the new command-line option (cifsroot=) and then call
do_mount_root() with the appropriate mount options for cifs.ko.

Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <pc@cjr.nz>
---
 init/do_mounts.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 9634ecf3743d..af9cda887a23 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ static int match_dev_by_label(struct device *dev, const void *data)
  *	   a colon.
  *	9) PARTLABEL=<name> with name being the GPT partition label.
  *	   MSDOS partitions do not support labels!
+ *	10) /dev/cifs represents Root_CIFS (0xfe)
  *
  *	If name doesn't have fall into the categories above, we return (0,0).
  *	block_class is used to check if something is a disk name. If the disk
@@ -268,6 +269,9 @@ dev_t name_to_dev_t(const char *name)
 	res = Root_NFS;
 	if (strcmp(name, "nfs") == 0)
 		goto done;
+	res = Root_CIFS;
+	if (strcmp(name, "cifs") == 0)
+		goto done;
 	res = Root_RAM0;
 	if (strcmp(name, "ram") == 0)
 		goto done;
@@ -501,6 +505,42 @@ static int __init mount_nfs_root(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT
+
+extern int cifs_root_data(char **dev, char **opts);
+
+#define CIFSROOT_TIMEOUT_MIN	5
+#define CIFSROOT_TIMEOUT_MAX	30
+#define CIFSROOT_RETRY_MAX	5
+
+static int __init mount_cifs_root(void)
+{
+	char *root_dev, *root_data;
+	unsigned int timeout;
+	int try, err;
+
+	err = cifs_root_data(&root_dev, &root_data);
+	if (err != 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	timeout = CIFSROOT_TIMEOUT_MIN;
+	for (try = 1; ; try++) {
+		err = do_mount_root(root_dev, "cifs", root_mountflags,
+				    root_data);
+		if (err == 0)
+			return 1;
+		if (try > CIFSROOT_RETRY_MAX)
+			break;
+
+		ssleep(timeout);
+		timeout <<= 1;
+		if (timeout > CIFSROOT_TIMEOUT_MAX)
+			timeout = CIFSROOT_TIMEOUT_MAX;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD)
 void __init change_floppy(char *fmt, ...)
 {
@@ -542,6 +582,15 @@ void __init mount_root(void)
 		ROOT_DEV = Root_FD0;
 	}
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT
+	if (ROOT_DEV == Root_CIFS) {
+		if (mount_cifs_root())
+			return;
+
+		printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: Unable to mount root fs via SMB, trying floppy.\n");
+		ROOT_DEV = Root_FD0;
+	}
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD
 	if (MAJOR(ROOT_DEV) == FLOPPY_MAJOR) {
 		/* rd_doload is 2 for a dual initrd/ramload setup */
-- 
2.23.0