linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] autofs: add per dentry expire timeout

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Message-ID: <20240815-genie-dreschen-db0d18e4d849@brauner>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:10:44 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	autofs mailing list <autofs@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] autofs: add per dentry expire timeout

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:02:31 +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> Add ability to set per-dentry mount expire timeout to autofs.
> 
> There are two fairly well known automounter map formats, the autofs
> format and the amd format (more or less System V and Berkley).
> 
> Some time ago Linux autofs added an amd map format parser that
> implemented a fair amount of the amd functionality. This was done
> within the autofs infrastructure and some functionality wasn't
> implemented because it either didn't make sense or required extra
> kernel changes. The idea was to restrict changes to be within the
> existing autofs functionality as much as possible and leave changes
> with a wider scope to be considered later.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/1] autofs: add per dentry expire timeout
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/70089655316e