Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 5 Apr 2018 23:37:54 -0700 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 05/20] afs: Implement @sys substitution handling |
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On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 09:30:04PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > Implement the AFS feature by which @sys at the end of a pathname component > may be substituted for one of a list of values, typically naming the > operating system. Up to 16 alternatives may be specified and these are > tried in turn until one works. Each network namespace has[*] a separate > independent list. > > Upon creation of a new network namespace, the list of values is > initialised[*] to a single OpenAFS-compatible string representing arch type > plus "_linux26". For example, on x86_64, the sysname is "amd64_linux26". > > [*] Or will, once network namespace support is finalised in kAFS.
Good luck making that work with the dcache without creating a total mess.
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