cifs: add kernel config option for CIFS Client caching support

Add a kernel config option to enable local caching for CIFS.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
index 80f352596807..5739fd7f88b4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ config CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
             IP addresses) which is needed for implicit mounts of DFS junction
             points. If unsure, say N.
 
+config CIFS_FSCACHE
+          bool "Provide CIFS client caching support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+          depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+          depends on CIFS=m && FSCACHE || CIFS=y && FSCACHE=y
+          help
+            Makes CIFS FS-Cache capable. Say Y here if you want your CIFS data
+            to be cached locally on disk through the general filesystem cache
+            manager. If unsure, say N.
+
 config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
           bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
           depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL