linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] fsnotify/vfsmount: add fsnotify fields to struct vfsmount

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Message-ID: <20091204153925.GA17062@infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:39:25 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, hch@...radead.org, agruen@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] fsnotify/vfsmount: add fsnotify fields to struct
	vfsmount

On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 12:53:15AM -0500, Eric Paris wrote:
> From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>
> 
> This patch adds the list and mask fields needed to support vfsmount marks.
> These are the same fields fsnotify needs on an inode.  They are not used,
> just declared and we note where the cleanup hook should be (the function is
> not yet defined)

What's the rationale for adding them?

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