Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / fs / cifs / README

diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README
index bd2343d4c6a638218d50c80a9091ef3dd8205a14..a439dc1739b3ac7790dd9684cd0837298f5dd5a8 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/cifs/README
+++ b/fs/cifs/README
@@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
                with cifs style mandatory byte range locks (and most
                cifs servers do not yet support requesting advisory
                byte range locks).
+ nodfs          Disable DFS (global name space support) even if the
+               server claims to support it.  This can help work around
+               a problem with parsing of DFS paths with Samba 3.0.24 server.
  remount        remount the share (often used to change from ro to rw mounts
                or vice versa)
  cifsacl        Report mode bits (e.g. on stat) based on the Windows ACL for
@@ -488,6 +491,19 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
                Note that this differs from the sign mount option in that it
                causes encryption of data sent over this mounted share but other
                shares mounted to the same server are unaffected.
+ locallease     This option is rarely needed. Fcntl F_SETLEASE is
+               used by some applications such as Samba and NFSv4 server to
+               check to see whether a file is cacheable.  CIFS has no way
+               to explicitly request a lease, but can check whether a file
+               is cacheable (oplocked).  Unfortunately, even if a file
+               is not oplocked, it could still be cacheable (ie cifs client
+               could grant fcntl leases if no other local processes are using
+               the file) for cases for example such as when the server does not
+               support oplocks and the user is sure that the only updates to
+               the file will be from this client. Specifying this mount option
+               will allow the cifs client to check for leases (only) locally
+               for files which are not oplocked instead of denying leases
+               in that case. (EXPERIMENTAL)
  sec            Security mode.  Allowed values are:
                        none    attempt to connection as a null user (no name)
                        krb5    Use Kerberos version 5 authentication
@@ -638,6 +654,9 @@ requires enabling CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
        cifsacl support needed to retrieve approximated mode bits based on
                the contents on the CIFS ACL.
 
+       lease support: cifs will check the oplock state before calling into
+       the vfs to see if we can grant a lease on a file.
+
        DNOTIFY fcntl: needed for support of directory change 
                            notification and perhaps later for file leases)