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Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2017 02:13:55 +0000
From:   Mike Marion <mmarion@...lcomm.com>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
CC:     Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>,
        autofs mailing list <autofs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] autofs - fix AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT not being honored

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 12:17:27PM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:

> How big do people see /proc/self/mount* getting?  What size reads
> does 'strace' show the various programs using to read it?

We already have line counts into 5 figures.  This wasn't an issue until 
the change of /etc/mtab to a link.  The large count is due to our large
direct automount maps.

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Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Sr. Staff IT Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com