Re: [PATCH nfs-utils] mount.nfs: always include mountpoint or spec if error messages.

[Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>]

On 3/27/23 10:53 PM, NeilBrown wrote:
> 
> If you try to mount from a server that is inaccessible you might get an
> error like:
>      mount.nfs: No route to host
> 
> This is OK when running "mount" interactively, but hardly useful when
> found in system logs.
> 
> This patch changes mount_error() to always included at least one of
> mount_point and spec in any error message.
> 
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Committed... (tag: nfs-utils-2-6-3-rc7)

steved.
> ---
>   utils/mount/error.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/utils/mount/error.c b/utils/mount/error.c
> index 73295bf0567c..9ddbcc096f72 100644
> --- a/utils/mount/error.c
> +++ b/utils/mount/error.c
> @@ -207,16 +207,17 @@ void mount_error(const char *spec, const char *mount_point, int error)
>   				progname, spec);
>   		break;
>   	case EINVAL:
> -		nfs_error(_("%s: an incorrect mount option was specified"), progname);
> +		nfs_error(_("%s: an incorrect mount option was specified for %s"),
> +				progname, mount_point);
>   		break;
>   	case EOPNOTSUPP:
> -		nfs_error(_("%s: requested NFS version or transport protocol is not supported"),
> -				progname);
> +		nfs_error(_("%s: requested NFS version or transport protocol is not supported for %s"),
> +				progname, mount_point);
>   		break;
>   	case ENOTDIR:
>   		if (spec)
> -			nfs_error(_("%s: mount spec %s or point %s is not a "
> -				  "directory"),	progname, spec, mount_point);
> +			nfs_error(_("%s: mount spec %s or point %s is not a directory"),
> +				  progname, spec, mount_point);
>   		else
>   			nfs_error(_("%s: mount point %s is not a directory"),
>   				  progname, mount_point);
> @@ -227,31 +228,31 @@ void mount_error(const char *spec, const char *mount_point, int error)
>   		break;
>   	case ENOENT:
>   		if (spec)
> -			nfs_error(_("%s: mounting %s failed, "
> -				"reason given by server: %s"),
> -				progname, spec, strerror(error));
> +			nfs_error(_("%s: mounting %s failed, reason given by server: %s"),
> +				  progname, spec, strerror(error));
>   		else
>   			nfs_error(_("%s: mount point %s does not exist"),
> -				progname, mount_point);
> +				  progname, mount_point);
>   		break;
>   	case ESPIPE:
>   		rpc_mount_errors((char *)spec, 0, 0);
>   		break;
>   	case EIO:
> -		nfs_error(_("%s: mount system call failed"), progname);
> +		nfs_error(_("%s: mount system call failed for %s"),
> +			  progname, mount_point);
>   		break;
>   	case EFAULT:
> -		nfs_error(_("%s: encountered unexpected error condition."),
> -				progname);
> +		nfs_error(_("%s: encountered unexpected error condition for %s."),
> +			  progname, mount_point);
>   		nfs_error(_("%s: please report the error to" PACKAGE_BUGREPORT),
> -				progname);
> +			  progname);
>   		break;
>   	case EALREADY:
>   		/* Error message has already been provided */
>   		break;
>   	default:
> -		nfs_error(_("%s: %s"),
> -			progname, strerror(error));
> +		nfs_error(_("%s: %s for %s on %s"),
> +			  progname, strerror(error), spec, mount_point);
>   	}
>   }
>