Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:47:06 -0400 | From | Erez Zadok <> | Subject | Re: [patch 01/10] vfs: add path_create() and path_mknod() |
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In message <1207183329.20254.49.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org>, Trond Myklebust writes: > > On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 00:47 +0100, Al Viro wrote: [...] > > Again, what for? > > It allows you to get rid of the vfsmount 'argument' when opening a file, > which again lowers the barrier for stacking filesystems. > > As far as the filesystems themselves are concerned, the effect is to > enforce your assertion that file operations should not depend on the > namespace.
I'd be delighted the day I won't have to deal with vfsmounts AT ALL in any stacked f/s.
Erez.
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