cifs: add "mfsymlinks" mount option

This is the start for an implementation of "Minshall+French Symlinks"
(see http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/UNIX_Extensions#Minshall.2BFrench_symlinks).

Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README
index 7099a526f775..ee68d1036544 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/README
+++ b/fs/cifs/README
@@ -527,6 +527,11 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
                 SFU does).  In the future the bottom 9 bits of the
                 mode also will be emulated using queries of the security
                 descriptor (ACL).
+ mfsymlinks     Enable support for Minshall+French symlinks
+                (see http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/UNIX_Extensions#Minshall.2BFrench_symlinks)
+                This option is ignored when specified together with the
+                'sfu' option. Minshall+French symlinks are used even if
+                the server supports the CIFS Unix Extensions.
  sign           Must use packet signing (helps avoid unwanted data modification
                 by intermediate systems in the route).  Note that signing
                 does not work with lanman or plaintext authentication.