linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] Add a "nosymfollow" mount option.

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Message-ID: <20200827015940.GY1236603@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:59:40 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Ross Zwisler <zwisler@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mattias Nissler <mnissler@...omium.org>,
        Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Benjamin Gordon <bmgordon@...gle.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...gle.com>,
        Jesse Barnes <jsbarnes@...gle.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Micah Morton <mortonm@...gle.com>,
        Raul Rangel <rrangel@...gle.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] Add a "nosymfollow" mount option.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 02:48:19PM -0600, Ross Zwisler wrote:

> Al, now that the changes to fs/namei.c have landed and we're past the merge
> window for v5.9, what are your thoughts on this patch and the associated test?

Humm...  should that be nd->path.mnt->mnt_flags or link->mnt->mnt_flags?
Usually it's the same thing, but they might differ.  IOW, is that about the
directory we'd found it in, or is it about the link itself?