Opened 8 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#16404 closed defect (fixed)
vboxsf does not get autoloaded when a mount happens (fs-vboxsf alias missing)
| Reported by: | hyperair | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 5.0.14 |
| Keywords: | vboxsf shared folders | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | all |
Description
When the vboxsf kernel module is not loaded, mounting a shared folder (e.g. mount -t vboxsf foo /media/foo` fails with ENODEV.
The reason for this is that vboxsf lacks the fs-vboxsf alias, which is what the kernel uses to autoload filesystem modules during mount. This can be fixed by adding the following to vboxsf/vfsmod.c:
MODULE_ALIAS_FS("vboxsf");
Alternatively, it can be worked around by adding "alias fs-vboxsf vboxsf" to a file in /etc/modprobe.d.
Please see the attached MIT-licensed patch for a proposed fix.
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Change History (3)
by , 8 years ago
| Attachment: | 0001-Add-MODULE_ALIAS_FS-vboxsf.patch added |
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comment:1 by , 8 years ago
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Thanks! Added this together with an #ifdef MODULE_ALIAS_FS ... #endif. The change will be part of the next 5.1.x maintenance release.