Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263214AbUDUPBz (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:01:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263164AbUDUPBw (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:01:52 -0400 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([213.86.99.234]:40711 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263281AbUDUO4l (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:56:41 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:56:34 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: raven@themaw.net Cc: Andrew Morton , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.6-rc1-mm1 Message-ID: <20040421155634.A6736@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , raven@themaw.net, Andrew Morton , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040418230131.285aa8ae.akpm@osdl.org> <20040419202538.A15701@infradead.org> <20040419182657.7870aee9.akpm@osdl.org> <20040421100835.A3577@infradead.org> <20040421141901.B5551@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from raven@themaw.net on Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 09:52:01PM +0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1178 Lines: 30 On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 09:52:01PM +0800, raven@themaw.net wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 08:39:59PM +0800, raven@themaw.net wrote: > > > While I understand the motive for not exporting the lock the question of > > > how one should obtain vfsmount structs when needed remains? > > > > You shouldn't. > > > > Shouldn't need them? Exactly. > But your point is that they shouldn't need to be used and an different > design is should be used, right. > > Could make life hard for the automounter. > Possibly somewhat harder to solve the remaining limitations of autofs. > But I haven't got a clear enough picture of what's needed yet (still). > > I guess your point is that these services should reside in the VFS proper? If you ask me much of what autofs does should reside in the VFS, namely triggering userspace upcalls as soon someone enters a special trigger (aka delayed mountpount) directory and expiry of vfsmounts. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/