linux-kernel - Re: BUG: Mount ignores mount options

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Date:   Wed, 15 Aug 2018 18:29:51 -0500
From:   "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
To:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
        "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, SELinux-NSA <selinux@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        apparmor@...ts.ubuntu.com,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        tomoyo-dev-en@...ts.sourceforge.jp,
        "open list:CONTROL GROUP (CGROUP)" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Subject: Re: BUG: Mount ignores mount options

Quoting James Morris (jmorris@...ei.org):
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Al Viro wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 09:48:53AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> 
> > > Are there cases I'm missing?  It sounds like the API could be improved
> > > to fully model the last case, and everything will work nicely.
> > 
> > 	You know, that's starting to remind of this little gem of Borges:
> > http://www.alamut.com/subj/artiface/language/johnWilkins.html
> > Especially the delightful (fake) quote contained in there:
> > [...] it is written that the animals are divided into:
> > 	(a) belonging to the emperor,
> > 	(b) embalmed,
> > 	(c) tame,
> > 	(d) sucking pigs,
> > 	(e) sirens,
> > 	(f) fabulous,
> > 	(g) stray dogs,
> > 	(h) included in the present classification,
> > 	(i) frenzied,
> > 	(j) innumerable,
> > 	(k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush,
> > 	(l) et cetera,
> > 	(m) having just broken the water pitcher,
> > 	(n) that from a long way off look like flies.
> 
> 
> Coincidentally, this was also the model for Linux capabilities.

But maybe we want to split the stray dogs up by breed.