On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 01:57:32PM -0700, Aleksa Sarai wrote: > Now that we provide a unique 64-bit mount ID interface in statx, we can > now provide a race-free way for name_to_handle_at(2) to provide a file > handle and corresponding mount without needing to worry about racing > with /proc/mountinfo parsing. file handles are not tied to mounts, they are tied to super_blocks, and they can survive reboots or (less relevant) remounts. This thus seems like a very confusing if not wrong interfaces.
