From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Waychison Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/28] VFS: Remove MNT_EXPIRE support Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:12:00 -0400 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <417D17C0.3010202@sun.com> References: <10987153211852@sun.com> <10987153522992@sun.com> <20041025150446.GB1603@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, raven@themaw.net Return-path: Received: from nwkea-mail-2.sun.com ([192.18.42.14]:28346 "EHLO nwkea-mail-2.sun.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261861AbUJYPMK (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:12:10 -0400 Received: from phys-mpk-2 ([129.146.11.82]) by nwkea-mail-2.sun.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9PFC97u009709 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:12:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from conversion-daemon.mpk-mail1.sfbay.sun.com by mpk-mail1.sfbay.sun.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.24 (built Dec 19 2003)) id <0I6500M01BD2F9@mpk-mail1.sfbay.sun.com> (original mail from Michael.Waychison@Sun.COM) for linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:12:09 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <20041025150446.GB1603@infradead.org> To: Christoph Hellwig List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 10:42:32AM -0400, Mike Waychison wrote: > >>Drop support for MNT_EXPIRE (flag to umount(2)). Nobody was using it and it >>didn't fit into the new expiry framework. > > > umm, this is a user API, you can't simply drop it. > Is anybody using it though? Hmm. I'll think about it a while to figure out how to map this functionality to the new expire semantics. Any suggestions? - -- Mike Waychison Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1 (650) 352-5299 voice 1 (416) 202-8336 voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE: The opinions expressed in this email are held by me, and may not represent the views of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBfRfAdQs4kOxk3/MRAr3JAJ0U7qwTU1bnmcQy6R6BasFABNtoGQCZAdNZ wYQ8HClGafH+Tv1PKSJRnzM= =sfq+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----