On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:24 AM, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The problem with this is that this breaks nfs_follow_remote_path() used by NFS4
> to find the root object to mount for the mount() syscall.
The above message is basically dishonest.
That's not AT ALL the problem.
That problem could have been fixed with a one-liner patch that already exists.
This whole patch-series looks like just excuses for doing stupid things.
Afaik, LOOKUP_OPEN and LOOKUP_DIRECTORY already force the auto-mount.
You can use either or both to force it.
Why are people so deep in denial about this?
Linus
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