In message <1207183329.20254.49.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Trond Myklebust writes: > > On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 00:47 +0100, Al Viro wrote: [...] > > Again, what for? > > It allows you to get rid of the vfsmount 'argument' when opening a file, > which again lowers the barrier for stacking filesystems. > > As far as the filesystems themselves are concerned, the effect is to > enforce your assertion that file operations should not depend on the > namespace. I'd be delighted the day I won't have to deal with vfsmounts AT ALL in any stacked f/s. Erez. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
