linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/13] vfs: don't parse "silent" option

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Message-ID: <CAOssrKdGSRVSc38X1J0zCQQN+tUhiwPA4bCL0rHCZ-O8iVzzeQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:44:43 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/13] vfs: don't parse "silent" option

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 12:36 PM David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> > What I'm saying is that with a new interface the rules need not follow
> > the rules of the old interface, because at the start no one is using
> > the new interface, so no chance of breaking anything.
>
> Er. No.  That's not true, since the old interface comes through the new one.

No, old interface sets SB_* directly from arg 4 of mount(2) and not
via parsing arg 5.

Thanks,
Miklos