From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] VFS: Add a VFS helper function
	vfs_remote_path_lookup()
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 20:57:59 +0100
Message-ID: <20090402195759.GL28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
References: <3f1264127d431f695be25b940b477e3d287edc68.1238525532.git.Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> <20090401021554.GV28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <1238616394.24360.2.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20090401202629.GG28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <1238628133.24360.51.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20090401233252.GH28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <1238629407.19782.5.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20090402191709.GJ28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <1238700874.16087.42.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20090402195212.GK28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
To: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Return-path: <linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:34195 "EHLO
	ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org
	with ESMTP id S1753159AbZDBT6D (ORCPT
	<rfc822;linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>);
	Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:58:03 -0400
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20090402195212.GK28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org
List-ID: <linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org>

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 08:52:12PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:

> And analog of that sucker (RFCNAMEG) is just about what you are doing
> (well, that + attaching your vfsmount as separate action).  So how about
> about CLONE_CLEANNS and passing it in flags?  Linus, do you have any
> objections against such a flag?  It'd give you a new instance of
> rootfs (empty, obviously) as root and flip root/pwd to it.

*growl*

Right, we are out of clone() flags, thanks to namespace-of-the-week
insanity by openvz bunch ;-/