Bug 622089

I cannot reproduce this problem with the latest util-linux-ng:

# strace -e mount mount -t vfat -o quiet /dev/loop0 /mnt/test
mount("/dev/loop0", "/mnt/test", "vfat", MS_MGC_VAL, "quiet") = 0

# grep test /proc/mounts
/dev/loop0 /mnt/test vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,quiet,errors=remount-ro 0 0

# uname -a
Linux nb.net.home 2.6.34-11.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat May 22 01:03:52 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Please, try to use:

    # strace -e mount mount -t vfat -o quiet <source> <target>
or
    # mount -v -v -v -t vfat -o quiet <source> <target>

to get more details.

Created attachment 437365 [details]
2.6.35 .config

I'm using *vanilla* 2.6.35 kernel.

[root@localhost tmp]# mount -v -v -v -t vfat -o quiet,loop img /mnt/loop
mount: fstab path: "/etc/fstab"
mount: mtab path:  "/etc/mtab"
mount: lock path:  "/etc/mtab~"
mount: temp path:  "/etc/mtab.tmp"
mount: UID:        0
mount: eUID:       0
mount: spec:  "/tmp/img"
mount: node:  "/mnt/loop"
mount: types: "vfat"
mount: opts:  "quiet,loop"
mount: going to use the loop device /dev/loop0
set_loop(/dev/loop0,/tmp/img,0,0): success
mount: setup loop device successfully
mount: mount(2) syscall: source: "/dev/loop0", target: "/mnt/loop", filesystemtype: "vfat", mountflags: -1058177024, data: (null)
/tmp/img on /mnt/loop type vfat (rw,quiet,loop=/dev/loop0)

[root@localhost tmp]# grep loop /proc/mounts
/dev/loop0 /mnt/loop vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp866,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0

[root@localhost tmp]# strace -e mount mount -t vfat -o quiet,loop img /mnt/loop
mount("/dev/loop0", "/mnt/loop", "vfat", MS_MGC_VAL|MS_SILENT, NULL) = 0

util-linux-ng-2.17.2-7.fc13.i686

Ah, I found the problem. 

The "quiet" mount option is translated to the MS_SILENT mount flags. Unfortunately, MS_SILENT is undefined in mount private header files (it still uses obsolete MS_VERBOSE). In your system the MS_SILENT macro is probably defined in /usr/include/sys/mount.h so the code that translate the "quiet" options is enabled. 

The another problem is that mount(8) uses the "quiet" for MS_SILENT mount flag and the same option (as string) is expected by vfat kernel driver... that's mess. I need to ask VFS hackers for more details.

Anyway, thanks.

Any updates on this bug?

Six months and no updates. :(

And the bug is still there.

Sorry, for the delay. I'm going to resolve the problem ASAP.

Fixed in upstream tree, commit 2ac1890aa0d8ce404528587134fcabe0e2834963. I'll add the bugfix to Fedora-15.

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