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-rw-r--r--fs/cifs/README6
-rw-r--r--fs/cifs/sess.c4
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README
index fa096f9c824..b806b11b556 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/README
+++ b/fs/cifs/README
@@ -458,6 +458,12 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
byte range locks).
remount remount the share (often used to change from ro to rw mounts
or vice versa)
+ servern Specify the server 's netbios name (RFC1001 name) to use
+ when attempting to setup a session to the server. This is
+ This is needed for mounting to some older servers (such
+ as OS/2 or Windows 98 and Windows ME) since they do not
+ support a default server name. A server name can be up
+ to 15 characters long and is usually uppercased.
sfu When the CIFS Unix Extensions are not negotiated, attempt to
create device files and fifos in a format compatible with
Services for Unix (SFU). In addition retrieve bits 10-12
diff --git a/fs/cifs/sess.c b/fs/cifs/sess.c
index 2ea027dda21..892be9b4d1f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/sess.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/sess.c
@@ -372,6 +372,10 @@ CIFS_SessSetup(unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses, int first_time,
/* 2000 big enough to fit max user, domain, NOS name etc. */
str_area = kmalloc(2000, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (str_area == NULL) {
+ cifs_small_buf_release(smb_buf);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
bcc_ptr = str_area;
ses->flags &= ~CIFS_SES_LANMAN;