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

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Message-ID: <20080403010016.GU9785@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 3 Apr 2008 02:00:16 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>
Cc:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 01/10] vfs: add path_create() and path_mknod()

On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 08:47:06PM -0400, Erez Zadok wrote:
> 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.

vfsmounts or the fact that any fs may be mounted in many places?
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