Re: [PATCH] cifs: use standard token parser for mount options

[Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 3/9/2012 10:57 AM, Scott Lovenberg wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:33, Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org 
> <mailto:sprabhu-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>> wrote:
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>     Use the standard token parser instead of the long if confidtion to
>     parse
>     cifs mount options.
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>     This was first proposed by Scott Lovenberg
>     http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-May/006079.html
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>     Mount options have been grouped together in terms of their input
>     types.
>     Aliases for username, password, domain and credentials have been
>     added.
>     The password parser has been modified to make it easier to read.
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>     Signed-off-by: Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
>     <mailto:sprabhu-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>>
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[CC'ing the list my response... kernel.org didn't like my HTML formatted 
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Thanks. :)  IIRC, Jeff was getting panics on a Fedora box using this 
patch.  I never got around to fixing it.  I'll still sign off on it though.