On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:40 AM, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > getxattr and co. are trickier because they don't have an AT_ flags form, and > it can be argued that these, lgetxattr and co. included should automount. > However, that would seriously upset ls, so I think we have to leave lgetxattr > not automounting, and so getxattr should follow. Why? If you really want to follow, use the '/' at the end. Seriously. ALMOST NOBODY CARES. And the people that DO care the most are the people who are telling you: DON'T YOU F*(^ING AUTOMOUNT BY MISTAKE! If there's even a slight doubt about what to do, we're generally *much* better off not auto-mounting. Really. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html