linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] vfs: add NOFOLLOW flag to umount(2)

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Message-ID: <20100211172100.GA28533@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:21:00 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eugene Teo <eugene@...hat.com>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vfs: add NOFOLLOW flag to umount(2)

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:15:53PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
>  - renamed flag to UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW
>  - added UMOUNT_UNUSED for feature detection

Umm, why?  MNT_ certainly isn't the best naming for unmount flags,
but switching convention after we had a few doesn't make any sense.

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