Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750899AbVK0JfF (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Nov 2005 04:35:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750945AbVK0JfE (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Nov 2005 04:35:04 -0500 Received: from adsl-80.mirage.euroweb.hu ([193.226.228.80]:54025 "EHLO dorka.pomaz.szeredi.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750899AbVK0JfD (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Nov 2005 04:35:03 -0500 To: viro@ftp.linux.org.uk CC: akpm@osdl.org, linuxram@us.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org In-reply-to: <20051127063216.GC27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> (message from Al Viro on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 06:32:16 +0000) Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] shared mounts: save mount flag space References: <20051126215509.073cb957.akpm@osdl.org> <20051127063216.GC27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> Message-Id: From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 10:34:15 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 613 Lines: 20 > > Anyway, I'll let Ram&Al decide on this proposal. > > It's > a) palliative > b) ugly > > Let's face it, mount(2) ABI is getting past its shelf life already. > We'll need saner replacement (not mixing action with the flags and > being really typed) anyway, Could you please ellaborate a bit more? Are you thinking of a separate syscall for each action? Miklos - 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/