NFS mount System Call in linux - embedded-linux

I am trying to mount a source directory from nfs server to a destination directory in embedded board having linux. The following command works perfectly as expected in shell prompt in the board.
mount -t nfs -o nolock 10.126.62.45:/vol/home/avinoba/Sky /mnt
What is the equivalent system call to be used in program for the command above?
I tried the below call but the mount failed with "Invalid Argument"
if(mount("10.126.62.45:/vol/home/avinoba/Sky","/mnt","nfs",MS_MGC_VAL,"nolock") == -1)
{
printf("ERROR: mount failed: %s \n",strerror(errno));
}
Please suggest what is the solution for it.
Thanks

I'm quite surprised here knowing that how this is not covered by any man page regarding NFS mounts. Diving into the kernel code, in the function nfs_validate_text_mount_data, the function nfs_parse_mount_options is responsible for parsing the multiple comma separated options passed as the fifth argument in the mount system call.
struct sockaddr *sap = (struct sockaddr *)&args->nfs_server.address;
if (nfs_parse_mount_options((char *)options, args) == 0)
return -EINVAL;
if (!nfs_verify_server_address(sap))
goto out_no_address;
In the above code block, the last if statement checks whether the nfs server address and socket family is defined to valid values. If they are not updated within nfs_parse_mount_options, mount would end up returning invalid parameter.
If the implementation of nfs_parse_mount_options is walked through, it can be seen that, only for the case Opt_addr, the nfs server address and the socket family is updated by parsing the options argument.
case Opt_addr:
string = match_strdup(args);
if (string == NULL)
goto out_nomem;
mnt->nfs_server.addrlen =
rpc_pton(mnt->net, string, strlen(string),
(struct sockaddr *)
&mnt->nfs_server.address,
sizeof(mnt->nfs_server.address));
kfree(string);
if (mnt->nfs_server.addrlen == 0)
goto out_invalid_address;
break;
The case Opt_addr corresponds to the option "addr=nfs server ip". So for the system call to work, defining this option is a must. As far as I have searched, this is completely missing from all the man pages which describes nfs mounts.
So now considering the problem statement, please try by changing to the below code
if(mount(":/vol/home/avinoba/Sky","/mnt","nfs",0,"nolock,addr=10.126.62.45") == -1)
{
printf("ERROR: mount failed: %s \n",strerror(errno));
}
Also note that when the addr option is put in the argument, the ip address in front of the nfs server path becomes optional. However the ':' is must,as this acts as the delimiter to parse the nfs server path.

MS_MGC_VAL should be in the top 16 bits if needed, not the bottom. If your kernel version is > 2.4, you don't need it at all.

It solved by the following call for me now.
if(system("mount -t nfs -o nolock 10.126.62.45:/vol/home/avinoba/Sky /mnt")==-1);
{
printf("ERROR: mount failed \n");
}
But still searching for the answer with mount() call as it accepts 'filesystemtype' argument as "nfs".

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