Re: Autofs and mount namespaces

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On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 08:56:57AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:

[snip]

> > > > Hi, Ian,
> > > > 
> > > > Just wanted to check on the status of this fix. Is this still the
> > > > approach you wanted to take/is there anything else you wanted to do with
> > > > this?
> > > 
> > > The problem is that someone tested this back ported to an older kernel and
> > > claimed it caused file system corruption.
> > > 
> > > That leaves me in a bad place indeed.
> > > 
> > > Ian
> > 
> > Hi, Ian,
> > 
> > Dredging this up again because I forgot to reply in a timely manner last
> > time. Do you have more details on that report? I'm having a hard time
> > seeing how this change would cause filesystem corruption, and I still
> > think a fix for this really needs to go in.
> 
> You and me both.
> 
> I recently re-factored the patch a bit and I'm thinking the best thing to do is
> to send it to Andrew Morton so it can get plenty of testing before being
> considered for mainline.
> 
> I ran the kernel with the patches for several days without problem but didn't do
> a lot with autofs during that time.
> 
> I'll also have another look at it based on a comment from All Viro but I
> couldn't see anything wrong with it myself, perhaps he will comment further when
> I send it over to Andrew.
> 
> Ian

Awesome, please Cc me on the patch and I'll take it for a spin on some
of our servers.

-- 
Omar
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