Re: [PATCH/RFC] NFSD: handle BTRFS subvolumes better.

Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-19T09:19:44Z

On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 02:01:11PM -0400, Josef Bacik wrote:
> This is not a workable solution. It's not a matter of simply tying into
> existing infrastructure, we'd have to completely rework how the VFS deals
> with this stuff in order to be reasonable. And when I brought this up to Al
> he told me I was insane and we absolutely had to have a different SB for
> every vfsmount, which means we can't use vfsmount for this, which means we
> don't have any other options. Thanks,

Then fix the problem another way. The problem is known, old and keeps
breaking stuff. Don't paper over it, fix it.