From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Al Viro Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4 needs to force fail return revalidate Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:25:23 +0100 Message-ID: <20060621122523.GX27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <200606210618.k5L6IFDr008176@raven.themaw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: akpm@osdl.org, autofs@linux.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:43752 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751523AbWFUMZg (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:25:36 -0400 To: Ian Kent Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200606210618.k5L6IFDr008176@raven.themaw.net> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 02:18:15PM +0800, Ian Kent wrote: > While this problem has been present for a long time I've avoided resolving > it because it was not very visible. But now that autofs v5 has "mount and > expire on demand" of nested multiple mounts, such as is found when > mounting an export list from a server, solving the problem cannot be > avoided any longer. > > I've tried very hard to find a way to do this entirely within the > autofs4 module but have not been able to find a satisfactory way to > achieve it. > > So, I need to propose a change to the VFS. NAK in that form. Care to explain what should happen to mount tree when you do that to mountpoint?