From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Waychison Subject: Re: [RFC] shared subtrees Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 16:33:08 -0500 Message-ID: <42014714.2070901@sun.com> References: <20050116180656.GQ26051@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20050116184209.GD13624@fieldses.org> <20050117061150.GS26051@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20050117173213.GC24830@fieldses.org> <1106687232.3298.37.camel@localhost> <20050201232106.GA22118@fieldses.org> <1107369381.5992.73.camel@localhost> <42012DE7.4080003@sun.com> <1107376434.5992.113.camel@localhost> <42014150.9090500@sun.com> <20050202212557.GC3879@fieldses.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: Ram , Al Viro , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-reply-to: <20050202212557.GC3879@fieldses.org> To: "J. Bruce Fields" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 04:08:32PM -0500, Mike Waychison wrote: > >>Well, fwiw, I have the same kind of race in autofsng. I counter it by >>building up the vfsmount tree elsewhere and mount --move'ing it. >> >>Unfortunately, the RFC states that moving a shared vfsmount is >>prohibited (for which the reasoning slips my mind). > > > See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=110594248826226&w=2 > > As I understand it, the problem isn't sharing of the vfsmount being > moved, but sharing of the vfsmount on which that vfsmount is > mounted.--b. Okay, thanks for the refresher. That still keeps you from using the 'build tree elsewhere' and 'mount - --move' approach though, as the parent mountpoint would likely be shared. - -- 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 iD8DBQFCAUcUdQs4kOxk3/MRAubGAJ0fUrpVS9U5oQof5jv4JieVOo6JjwCgjHXa oHcjXLEV5zj4OrB+TEipQdY= =3hhk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----