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 13:16:04 -0400 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <417D34D4.3040406@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 brmea-mail-3.Sun.COM ([192.18.98.34]:13515 "EHLO brmea-mail-3.sun.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261171AbUJYRQR (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:16:17 -0400 Received: from phys-mpk-2 ([129.146.11.82]) by brmea-mail-3.sun.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9PHGAum003324 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:16:11 -0600 (MDT) 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 <0I6500M01H9IN5@mpk-mail1.sfbay.sun.com> (original mail from Michael.Waychison@Sun.COM) for linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:16:10 -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. > I also wanted to add that given the current interface that is found in mainline, there is no way for userspace to even set a mountpoint as expiring. The only consumer is still AFS which handles the mark_mounts_for_expiry stuff itself. So even if userspace wanted to use MNT_EXPIRE, it couldn't. - -- 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 iD8DBQFBfTTUdQs4kOxk3/MRAghsAJ41gA73Qov2lS6nHGcC+A3zsIc+DQCeIdCB 4XisV0zx/CvTDQpQfSfLY04= =Qj2Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----