From: David Howells <dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Stef Bon <stef-/E4qUF3RmbfcqV2Q6a4srg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
autofs-CPWUtch7KCBzeIdxy0IIJw@public.gmane.org,
linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [autofs] [PATCH 00/17] Introduce automounter dentry ops
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:31:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8948.1285921904@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CA59482.1040508-/E4qUF3RmbfcqV2Q6a4srg@public.gmane.org>
Stef Bon <stef-/E4qUF3RmbfcqV2Q6a4srg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Cifs is the target filesystem, and handled by the automounter, thus the
> automounter is the initiator, not cifs.
>
> As you describe it (well it looks like it, I may not understand...) cifs is
> the initiator, and the patches to the automounter make autofs handle cifs
> requests handle better?
CIFS has DFS referrals, by which one point in a CIFS mount can refer you to a
point in another volume, possibly on another server. Linux automatically
mounts the referred volume on the directory corresponding to the referral when
you try and cross into it.
AFS and NFS do similar things.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-01 8:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-30 18:14 [PATCH 00/17] Introduce automounter dentry ops David Howells
2010-09-30 18:14 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 01/17] Add a dentry op to handle automounting rather than abusing follow_link() David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 02/17] AFS: Use d_automount() " David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 03/17] NFS: " David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 04/17] CIFS: " David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 05/17] Remove the automount through follow_link() kludge code from pathwalk David Howells
[not found] ` <20100930181521.30939.31415.stgit-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-08 23:41 ` Valerie Aurora
2010-10-08 23:41 ` Valerie Aurora
2010-10-10 1:16 ` Ian Kent
2010-10-10 1:16 ` Ian Kent
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 06/17] Add an AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT flag to suppress terminal automount David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
2010-10-01 8:55 ` Ian Kent
2010-10-01 8:55 ` Ian Kent
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 07/17] Make dentry::d_mounted into a more general field for special function dirs David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 08/17] Make follow_down() handle d_manage() David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
[not found] ` <20100930181536.30939.6776.stgit-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-09 0:28 ` Valerie Aurora
2010-10-09 0:28 ` Valerie Aurora
2010-10-09 0:28 ` Valerie Aurora
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 09/17] autofs4: add d_automount() dentry operation David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 10/17] autofs4: add d_manage() " David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 11/17] autofs4: removed unused code David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 12/17] autofs4: cleanup inode operations David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` [PATCH 13/17] autofs4: cleanup dentry operations David Howells
[not found] ` <20100930181455.30939.53914.stgit-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 01/17] Add a dentry op to handle automounting rather than abusing follow_link() David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 02/17] AFS: Use d_automount() " David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 03/17] NFS: " David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 07/17] Make dentry::d_mounted into a more general field for special function dirs David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
[not found] ` <20100930181531.30939.10438.stgit-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-08 23:57 ` Valerie Aurora
2010-10-08 23:57 ` Valerie Aurora
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 09/17] autofs4: add d_automount() dentry operation David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` [PATCH 11/17] autofs4: removed unused code David Howells
2010-09-30 18:15 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` [PATCH 13/17] autofs4: cleanup dentry operations David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` [PATCH 14/17] autofs4: cleanup autofs4_free_ino() David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` [PATCH 17/17] autofs4 - bump version David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` David Howells
2010-10-01 7:57 ` [autofs] [PATCH 00/17] Introduce automounter dentry ops Stef Bon
2010-10-01 11:49 ` Ian Kent
2010-09-30 18:16 ` [PATCH 14/17] autofs4: cleanup autofs4_free_ino() David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` [PATCH 15/17] autofs4 - fix wait validation David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` [PATCH 16/17] autofs4 - add v4 pseudo direct mount support David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` David Howells
2010-09-30 18:16 ` [PATCH 17/17] autofs4 - bump version David Howells
[not found] ` <4CA59482.1040508-/E4qUF3RmbfcqV2Q6a4srg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-01 8:31 ` David Howells [this message]
[not found] ` <8948.1285921904-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-01 18:01 ` [autofs] [PATCH 00/17] Introduce automounter dentry ops Stef Bon
[not found] ` <AANLkTinoJCY=Fy_0UPWdasJg3GE5WQP0pQA8cLnir1BL-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-04 9:23 ` David Howells
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