From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Add vfsmount to vfs helper functions.
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:38:52 +0000
Message-ID: <20080217233852.GU27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
References: <4799B808.8080002@nttdata.co.jp> <20080130130006.GH27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <200802022323.GIH52668.OFLVSQOFOtJMHF@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> <200802171800.EBB69708.MOSFQOJHOLFtFV@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
To: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Return-path: <linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:34904 "EHLO
	ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org
	with ESMTP id S1754734AbYBQXiy (ORCPT
	<rfc822;linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>);
	Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:38:54 -0500
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <200802171800.EBB69708.MOSFQOJHOLFtFV@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org
List-ID: <linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org>

On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 06:00:30PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> This is "(c) Add new hooks." approach I proposed at
> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org/msg11536.html .
> 
> Although this is an incomplete patch,
> I want to know whether you can tolerate this approach or not.
> 
> If you cannot tolerate this approach, may be we need to consider
> implementing "(d) Calculate pathname while doing name resolution" approach.
> 

No printable comments, except for that:

(e) why don't you guys move the Linus' Serious Mistake to _callers_ of
vfs_mknod() and its ilk?

Which obviously solves all problems with having vfsmount.