linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] VFS: Fix automount for negative autofs dentries

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Message-ID: <16882.1310393621@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:13:41 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	autofs@...ux.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VFS: Fix automount for negative autofs dentries

Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:

> would do the same.

But is much less obvious.  The LOOKUP_FOLLOW flag is the primary reason for
this statement.  The rest are subordinate and would be wholly irrelevant if
LOOKUP_FOLLOW was to be removed from the list.

David
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