linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] fs: add mount

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Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 10:29:43 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] fs: add mount_setattr()

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 6:17 PM Christian Brauner
<christian.brauner@...ntu.com> wrote:
> This implements the mount_setattr() syscall. While the new mount api
> allows to change the properties of a superblock there is currently no
> way to change the mount properties of a mount or mount tree using mount
> file descriptors which the new mount api is based on. In addition the
> old mount api has the restriction that mount options cannot be
> applied recursively. This hasn't changed since changing mount options on
> a per-mount basis was implemented in [1] and has been a frequent
> request.

[...]

> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>

>  arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl       |   1 +

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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