linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - use lookup access intent to support recursive bind mounts

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Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:53:40 +0800
From:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	autofs mailing list <autofs@...ux.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - use lookup access intent to support
	recursive bind mounts


On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 15:25 +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> > ->lookup() and friends are going to stop getting struct nameidata *.
> > ->follow_link() obviously will keep it; ->d_revalidate() should
> > lose the sucker, but we might have to split it in two methods (which
> > is probably what'll be needed in your case).
> 
> Right.

Would it be sensible to use dentry->d_flags for this purpose?
Ian


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