[PATCH v2] mount: don't pass 'auto' parameter to the kernel

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Thu Jan 2 11:37:49 UTC 2025


On 1/2/25 11:01, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Various filesystems are converted now to the new mount API which does
> not silently ignore the 'auto' option. So, mounting e.g. debugfs in
> fstab with 'auto' currently fails. Despite the ongoing discussion if
> this is a regression[1], it was also mentioned that 'auto' should have
> never been sent to the kernel in the first place. So, add it to the list
> of options which are handled within 'mount' itself and, thus, are not
> sent to the kernel.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/39a2d0a7-20f3-4a51-b2e0-1ade3eab14c5@sandeen.net/
> 
> Reported-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas at sang-engineering.com>

Acked-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard


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