On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 10:44:15AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote: > Al, > > On a different note the above request also raised another > question about statvfs(3) automount behaviour. > > In glibc statvfs(3) uses statfs(2) and translates the return > to a statvfs structure. > > I wasn't aware but apparently statvfs(3) (and presumably statfs(2)) > doesn't trigger an automount on Solaris whereas we do. I think > statfs() is probably the only exception to the convention that > stat family system calls don't trigger an automount. > > So far I've said that this is a long standing behaviour in the > Linux kernel and changing it could lead to unpleasant surprises > for those that have come to expect this behaviour so such a change > would not be well received. > > But I do need to ask your opinion, so what are your thoughts about > changing this? Probably should've done it that way, but I'm afraid it's much too late by now...
