init/do_mounts.c: print error code on mount failure
authorBernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de>
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:02:28 +0000 (15:02 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:58:38 +0000 (16:58 -0700)
Printing the error code makes it easier to debug the cause of a mount
failure.  For example I had the problem that the root file system could
not be mounted read-writeable because my SD card was write-protected.
Without an error code it looks like the SD card was not detected at all.

Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
init/do_mounts.c

index 2974c8b3b351b4a15b38acca4478e4032fece9fa..0e93f92a0345a09a2aa84608a3bca34153a2eabb 100644 (file)
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ retry:
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
                __bdevname(ROOT_DEV, b);
 #endif
-               printk("VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s\n",
-                               root_device_name, b);
+               printk("VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s: error %d\n",
+                               root_device_name, b, err);
                printk("Please append a correct \"root=\" boot option; here are the available partitions:\n");
 
                printk_all_partitions();