Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * what the hell is ms_flags thing doing in __vfs_new_sb_config()? > It's a really vile mix of unrelated flags and operations we had in existing > mount(2) ABI. With MS_KERNMOUNT thrown into that loo^Wmix. Sure, we need > to parse the garbage fed to mount(2). And we need to pass that garbage to > "legacy" types as well, but let's not inflict it upon the new mechanisms. Hmmm... Some ->remount_fs() operations attempt to alter the MS_* flags that correspond to MNT_* flags. Coda, for example: static int coda_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data) { sync_filesystem(sb); *flags |= MS_NOATIME; return 0; } But this is quashed in do_remount_sb: sb->s_flags = (sb->s_flags & ~MS_RMT_MASK) | (flags & MS_RMT_MASK); And others set them directly in s_flags, v9fs_fill_super() for example sets MS_NOATIME: sb->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE | MS_DIRSYNC | MS_NOATIME; I'm guessing things like this should be got rid of, but does there need to be a way to inform mount() that these should be set on the vfsmount? David -- 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