[PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w]

From: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

Signed-off-by: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
---
 mount.cifs.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mount.cifs.c b/mount.cifs.c
index 756fce2..061ce32 100644
--- a/mount.cifs.c
+++ b/mount.cifs.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
 	}
 
 	/* Set up "host" and "share" pointers based on UNC format. */
+	/* TODO: Remove support for NFS syntax as of cifs-utils-6.0. */
 	if (strncmp(unc_name, "//", 2) && strncmp(unc_name, "\\\\", 2)) {
 		/*
 		 * check for nfs syntax (server:/share/prepath)
@@ -1351,6 +1352,9 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
 		share++;
 		if (*share == '/')
 			++share;
+		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: using NFS syntax for mounting CIFS "
+			"shares is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils"
+			"-6.0. Please migrate to UNC syntax.");
 	} else {
 		host = unc_name + 2;
 		hostlen = strcspn(host, "/\\");
-- 
1.7.5.4

Re: [PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[Jeff Layton]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:29:49 -0400
scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:

> From: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  mount.cifs.c |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mount.cifs.c b/mount.cifs.c
> index 756fce2..061ce32 100644
> --- a/mount.cifs.c
> +++ b/mount.cifs.c
> @@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Set up "host" and "share" pointers based on UNC format. */
> +	/* TODO: Remove support for NFS syntax as of cifs-utils-6.0. */
>  	if (strncmp(unc_name, "//", 2) && strncmp(unc_name, "\\\\", 2)) {
>  		/*
>  		 * check for nfs syntax (server:/share/prepath)
> @@ -1351,6 +1352,9 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
>  		share++;
>  		if (*share == '/')
>  			++share;
> +		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: using NFS syntax for mounting CIFS "
> +			"shares is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils"
> +			"-6.0. Please migrate to UNC syntax.");
>  	} else {
>  		host = unc_name + 2;
>  		hostlen = strcspn(host, "/\\");

Thanks, looks reasonable. I'll plan to pull it in for the next release
unless there is objection...

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

Re: [PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[Jeff Layton]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:29:49 -0400
scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:

> From: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  mount.cifs.c |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mount.cifs.c b/mount.cifs.c
> index 756fce2..061ce32 100644
> --- a/mount.cifs.c
> +++ b/mount.cifs.c
> @@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Set up "host" and "share" pointers based on UNC format. */
> +	/* TODO: Remove support for NFS syntax as of cifs-utils-6.0. */
>  	if (strncmp(unc_name, "//", 2) && strncmp(unc_name, "\\\\", 2)) {
>  		/*
>  		 * check for nfs syntax (server:/share/prepath)
> @@ -1351,6 +1352,9 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
>  		share++;
>  		if (*share == '/')
>  			++share;
> +		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: using NFS syntax for mounting CIFS "
> +			"shares is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils"
> +			"-6.0. Please migrate to UNC syntax.");
>  	} else {
>  		host = unc_name + 2;
>  		hostlen = strcspn(host, "/\\");

Steve suggested resending this patch and cc'ing samba and
samba-technical. Also, add a bit more explanation about why we're
making this change so people are clear about why it's coming.

You should also prefix the subject with something like "mount.cifs: "
to make it clear what this patch is intended for.

I think that's reasonable -- could you do that?

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

Re: [PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[Scott Lovenberg]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Steve suggested resending this patch and cc'ing samba and
> samba-technical. Also, add a bit more explanation about why we're
> making this change so people are clear about why it's coming.
>
> You should also prefix the subject with something like "mount.cifs: "
> to make it clear what this patch is intended for.
>
> I think that's reasonable -- could you do that?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>


Not a problem.  I'll take care of it tomorrow.
-- 
Peace and Blessings,
-Scott.

Re: [PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[Scott Lovenberg]

On 10/17/2012 11:45 PM, Scott Lovenberg wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Jeff Layton<jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>
>> Steve suggested resending this patch and cc'ing samba and
>> samba-technical. Also, add a bit more explanation about why we're
>> making this change so people are clear about why it's coming.
>>
>> You should also prefix the subject with something like "mount.cifs: "
>> to make it clear what this patch is intended for.
>>
>> I think that's reasonable -- could you do that?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Jeff Layton<jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
>
> Not a problem.  I'll take care of it tomorrow.
Took care of that an hour or two ago.  We'll see if anyone complains 
about the deprecation.  If we don't hear anything in a day or so, I 
guess we can take that as an implicit ACK?

Re: [PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[Jeff Layton]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:20:06 -0400
Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 10/17/2012 11:45 PM, Scott Lovenberg wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Jeff Layton<jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>  wrote:
> >
> >> Steve suggested resending this patch and cc'ing samba and
> >> samba-technical. Also, add a bit more explanation about why we're
> >> making this change so people are clear about why it's coming.
> >>
> >> You should also prefix the subject with something like "mount.cifs: "
> >> to make it clear what this patch is intended for.
> >>
> >> I think that's reasonable -- could you do that?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> --
> >> Jeff Layton<jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> >
> > Not a problem.  I'll take care of it tomorrow.
> Took care of that an hour or two ago.  We'll see if anyone complains 
> about the deprecation.  If we don't hear anything in a day or so, I 
> guess we can take that as an implicit ACK?

I'd think so, yes...

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

CIFS: Deprecating NFS mounting syntax in mount.cifs

[scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w]

The following patch adds a warning when using NFS mounting syntax (server:/share), instead of the usual UNC syntax (//server/share || \\server\share), that support for NFS style mounts will be removed in version 6.0 of the mount.cifs utility.

The reasoning for this is simple.  Support for NFS syntax is undocumented and increases maintenance overhead.  This came up recently on the cifs-utils list when discussing how to handle mounting a share NFS style using an IPv6 address. Since the ':' character is valid in a POSIX file path or share name it is an ambiguous delimiter.  Consider the following valid server share : "dead:beef::1:iSCSIExportedByIQN:storage".

Instead of adding complicated code to the parser to support an undocumented feature, we're optin
g to remove the feature in the mount utility in version 6.0 if there is no objection.

[PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w]

From: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

Signed-off-by: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
---
 mount.cifs.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mount.cifs.c b/mount.cifs.c
index 756fce2..061ce32 100644
--- a/mount.cifs.c
+++ b/mount.cifs.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
 	}
 
 	/* Set up "host" and "share" pointers based on UNC format. */
+	/* TODO: Remove support for NFS syntax as of cifs-utils-6.0. */
 	if (strncmp(unc_name, "//", 2) && strncmp(unc_name, "\\\\", 2)) {
 		/*
 		 * check for nfs syntax (server:/share/prepath)
@@ -1351,6 +1352,9 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
 		share++;
 		if (*share == '/')
 			++share;
+		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: using NFS syntax for mounting CIFS "
+			"shares is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils"
+			"-6.0. Please migrate to UNC syntax.");
 	} else {
 		host = unc_name + 2;
 		hostlen = strcspn(host, "/\\");
-- 
1.7.5.4

Re: [PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[Scott Lovenberg]

On 10/18/2012 1:50 PM, scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> From: Scott Lovenberg<scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>
> Signed-off-by: Scott Lovenberg<scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>   mount.cifs.c |    4 ++++
>   1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mount.cifs.c b/mount.cifs.c
> index 756fce2..061ce32 100644
> --- a/mount.cifs.c
> +++ b/mount.cifs.c
> @@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
>   	}
>
>   	/* Set up "host" and "share" pointers based on UNC format. */
> +	/* TODO: Remove support for NFS syntax as of cifs-utils-6.0. */
>   	if (strncmp(unc_name, "//", 2)&&  strncmp(unc_name, "\\\\", 2)) {
>   		/*
>   		 * check for nfs syntax (server:/share/prepath)
> @@ -1351,6 +1352,9 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
>   		share++;
>   		if (*share == '/')
>   			++share;
> +		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: using NFS syntax for mounting CIFS "
> +			"shares is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils"
> +			"-6.0. Please migrate to UNC syntax.");
>   	} else {
>   		host = unc_name + 2;
>   		hostlen = strcspn(host, "/\\");
Sorry, git send-email just blew up in my face.  It was supposed to send 
a first email that explained the patch.  Of course it worked perfectly 
when I tested it to my own email address.  I'll figure out why the first 
message is missing and repost.  Sorry for the noise.

CIFS: Deprecating NFS mounting syntax in mount.cifs

[scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w]

This patch adds a warning when using NFS mounting syntax (server:/share), instead of the usual UNC syntax (//server/share || \\server\share), that support for NFS style mounts will be removed in version 6.0 of the mount.cifs utility.

The reasoning for this is simple.  Support for NFS syntax is undocumented and increases maintenance overhead.  This came up recently on the cifs-utils list when discussing how to handle mounting a share NFS style using an IPv6 address. Since the ':' character is valid in a POSIX file path or share name it is an ambiguous delimiter.  Consider the following valid server share : "dead:beef::1:iSCSIExportedByIQN:storage".

Instead of adding complicated code to the parser to support an undocumented feature, we're optin
g to remove the feature in the mount utility in version 6.0 if there is no objection.

[PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w]

From: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

Signed-off-by: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
---
 mount.cifs.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mount.cifs.c b/mount.cifs.c
index 756fce2..061ce32 100644
--- a/mount.cifs.c
+++ b/mount.cifs.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
 	}
 
 	/* Set up "host" and "share" pointers based on UNC format. */
+	/* TODO: Remove support for NFS syntax as of cifs-utils-6.0. */
 	if (strncmp(unc_name, "//", 2) && strncmp(unc_name, "\\\\", 2)) {
 		/*
 		 * check for nfs syntax (server:/share/prepath)
@@ -1351,6 +1352,9 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
 		share++;
 		if (*share == '/')
 			++share;
+		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: using NFS syntax for mounting CIFS "
+			"shares is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils"
+			"-6.0. Please migrate to UNC syntax.");
 	} else {
 		host = unc_name + 2;
 		hostlen = strcspn(host, "/\\");
-- 
1.7.5.4

Re: [PATCH] Add warning that NFS syntax is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils-6.0.

[Jeff Layton]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:07:49 -0400
scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:

> From: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  mount.cifs.c |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mount.cifs.c b/mount.cifs.c
> index 756fce2..061ce32 100644
> --- a/mount.cifs.c
> +++ b/mount.cifs.c
> @@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Set up "host" and "share" pointers based on UNC format. */
> +	/* TODO: Remove support for NFS syntax as of cifs-utils-6.0. */
>  	if (strncmp(unc_name, "//", 2) && strncmp(unc_name, "\\\\", 2)) {
>  		/*
>  		 * check for nfs syntax (server:/share/prepath)
> @@ -1351,6 +1352,9 @@ static int parse_unc(const char *unc_name, struct parsed_mount_info *parsed_info
>  		share++;
>  		if (*share == '/')
>  			++share;
> +		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: using NFS syntax for mounting CIFS "
> +			"shares is deprecated and will be removed in cifs-utils"
> +			"-6.0. Please migrate to UNC syntax.");
>  	} else {
>  		host = unc_name + 2;
>  		hostlen = strcspn(host, "/\\");

Merged (with addition of a newline to the end of warning message)...
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>