linux-kernel - Re: unprivileged mounts git tree

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Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:58:22 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	serue@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hch@...radead.org,
	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: unprivileged mounts git tree

ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman) writes:

> This also intersects in interesting ways with dcache pruning, and
> automounting.

In particular we already have mounts that expire.  So deleting the
files or directories of mount points (when allowed) should just be 
a case of expiring the mount point.

When it is ok to do that is a separate question.

Eric
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