Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:13:03 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fs: Restore files_lock and set_fs_root exports |
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 12:07:38PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > What out of tree filesystem, and what the heck is it doing? > > MVFS, as was correctly guessed from my diff. It is providing a view into > a source-code control system, so that a given process can specify the > version it wishes to see. Yes, different processes then see a different > filesystem tree at the same mount point.
We have that in the VFS as namespace and it has no business in a filesystem driver. And we have been telling this for more than a year.
> > Without proper explanation it's vetoed. > > What additional explanation are you looking for?
The explanation is so good that we can veto that patch with a reason, as it should really be obvious to you an anyone involved.
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