linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 07/12] man/man2/fsmount.2: document "new" mount API

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Message-ID: <198c6e76d3e.113f774e874302.5490092759974557634@zohomail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:55:12 +0400
From: Askar Safin <safinaskar@...omail.com>
To: "Aleksa Sarai" <cyphar@...har.com>
Cc: "Alejandro Colomar" <alx@...nel.org>,
	"Michael T. Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	"Alexander Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Jan Kara" <jack@...e.cz>,
	"G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@...il.com>,
	"linux-man" <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-api" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"Christian Brauner" <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 07/12] man/man2/fsmount.2: document "new" mount API

 ---- On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:33:04 +0400  Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com> wrote --- 
 >   Unlike open_tree(2) with OPEN_TREE_CLONE, fsmount() can only be called
 >   once in the lifetime of a filesystem context.

Weird. open_tree doesn't get filesystem context as argument at all.
I suggest just this:

  fsmount() can only be called
  once in the lifetime of a filesystem context.

--
Askar Safin
https://types.pl/@safinaskar