linux-kernel - Re: [patch 01/10] vfs: add path_create() and path

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Date:	Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:47:06 -0400
From:	Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>
To:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, ezk@...sunysb.edu,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 01/10] vfs: add path_create() and path_mknod() 

In message <1207183329.20254.49.camel@...mdal.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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