On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:48:24PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K. V wrote: > How about > sys_open_by_handle(int mountdirfd, > struct file_handle __user *ufh, int open_flag) > > and we validate the UUID present in the file_handle by using mountdirfd > vfsmount. In otherwords we drop the UUID based vfsmount lookup, But > still add UUID as a part of file handle ? IDGI. If you have decided upon the mountdirfd, why bother with rechecking? You still need to handle the case when fs tells you to take a hike because fileid was invalid. What does duplicate uuid check in the kernel buy you? -- 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
