linux-kernel - Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression

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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:50:12 -0400
From:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
To:	Frank van Maarseveen <frankvm@...nkvm.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@...hought.net>,
	Hua Zhong <hzhong@...il.com>,
	'Linux Kernel Mailing List' <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression

On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 15:12 +0200, Frank van Maarseveen wrote:

> IMHO I'd only consider returning EBUSY when trying to mount _exactly_
> the same directory with different flags, not for arbitrary subtrees. The
> client should preferably not be bothered with server side disk
> partitioning (at least not beyond the obvious such as df output).

That is utterly inconsistent and confusing too.

If you have a filesystem "/foo" exported on the server "remote", then
why should

        mount -oro remote:/foo
        mount -orw remote:/foo/a

be allowed, but

        mount -oro remote:/foo
        mount -orw remote:/foo

be forbidden? The caching problems are the same. Telling the admin that
one is safe and the other is not, is just messing with his mind.

Trond

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