Re: [PATCH] NFS: Make NFS root work again

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On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:40:03 +0100 David Howells <[email protected]> wrote:

> Make NFS root work by creating a "/root" directory to satisfy the mount,
> otherwise the path lookup for the mount fails with ENOENT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
> ---
> 
>  init/do_mounts.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
> index 46fe407..967b852 100644
> --- a/init/do_mounts.c
> +++ b/init/do_mounts.c
> @@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ static void __init get_fs_names(char *page)
>  
>  static int __init do_mount_root(char *name, char *fs, int flags, void *data)
>  {
> -	int err = sys_mount(name, "/root", fs, flags, data);
> +	int err;
> +
> +	sys_mkdir("/root", 0755);
> +	err = sys_mount(name, "/root", fs, flags, data);
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;

Am still awaiting a proper description of this patch, please.

What is not working, and how does this patch fix it?

I am unaware of any open bug reports against NFS root.
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