linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NFS: Replace null dentries that appear in readdir's list [try #2]

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Date:	Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:10:58 -0400
From:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
To:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, aviro@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFS: Replace null dentries that appear in readdir's
	list [try #2]

On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 11:29 +0800, Ian Kent wrote:

> There isn't any way to tell a nohide from a non-nohide mount from the 
> expots list.

Why do you care? NFS shouldn't be barfing if you try to mount the
filesystem yourself. If it does, then it is broken.

> There are inconsistencies with the contents of /proc/mounts between OS 
> versions (perhaps kernel version).

Huh? The NFS output for /proc/mounts hasn't changed.

> There is no way to tell a nohide mounted filesystem from the output of 
> /proc/mounts if it does happen to appear in it.

Why do you care?

  Trond

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