1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index 655925373b91..dd057bc6b65b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ int nfs_mountpoint_expiry_timeout = 500 * HZ;
  * @dentry - pointer to dentry
  * @buffer - result buffer
  * @buflen - length of buffer
+ * @flags - options (see below)
  *
  * Helper function for constructing the server pathname
  * by arbitrary hashed dentry.
@@ -40,8 +41,14 @@ int nfs_mountpoint_expiry_timeout = 500 * HZ;
  * This is mainly for use in figuring out the path on the
  * server side when automounting on top of an existing partition
  * and in generating /proc/mounts and friends.
+ *
+ * Supported flags:
+ * NFS_PATH_CANONICAL: ensure there is exactly one slash after
+ *                     the original device (export) name
+ *                     (if unset, the original name is returned verbatim)
  */
-char *nfs_path(char **p, struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, ssize_t buflen)
+char *nfs_path(char **p, struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, ssize_t buflen,
+               unsigned flags)
 {
         char *end;
         int namelen;
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ rename_retry:
                 rcu_read_unlock();
                 goto rename_retry;
         }
-        if (*end != '/') {
+        if ((flags & NFS_PATH_CANONICAL) && *end != '/') {
                 if (--buflen < 0) {
                         spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
                         rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -91,9 +98,11 @@ rename_retry:
                 return end;
         }
         namelen = strlen(base);
-        /* Strip off excess slashes in base string */
-        while (namelen > 0 && base[namelen - 1] == '/')
-                namelen--;
+        if (flags & NFS_PATH_CANONICAL) {
+                /* Strip off excess slashes in base string */
+                while (namelen > 0 && base[namelen - 1] == '/')
+                        namelen--;
+        }
         buflen -= namelen;
         if (buflen < 0) {
                 spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);