linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context

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Message-ID: <CAOssrKcosqHsph8d7sWR_0+=9_E8-K2OAG3uwHcTkP85dQj-qA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 8 May 2017 10:43:25 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:35 AM, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

>> Further, once you've created a superblock, what are you going to do with it
>> other than mount it?  I suppose you could statfs it and we could add other
>> superblock manipulation functions, but this is normally done by opening the
>> device directly (at least for bdev-based superblocks).
>
> How about sb_context, sb_config, sb_parameters or something like that?

I'd vote for sb_config.

Thanks,
Miklos