[PATCH v2 3/3] ipconfig: Handle CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT option

[Paulo Alcantara (SUSE)]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <pc@xxxxxx>
---
 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