Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262398AbVDXUSg (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:18:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262402AbVDXUSg (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:18:36 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:37770 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262398AbVDXUS0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:18:26 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:18:20 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, hch@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] private mounts Message-ID: <20050424201820.GA28428@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Miklos Szeredi , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 672 Lines: 14 On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 10:08:13PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > This simple patch adds support for private (or invisible) mounts. The > rationale is to allow mounts to be private for a user but still in the > global namespace. As mentioned in the last -fsdevel thread a few times the idea of per-user mounts is fundamentally flawed. Crossing a namespace boundary must be explicit - using clone or a new unshare() syscall. - 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/