Re: [PATCH] rpc.nfsd: mount up nfsdfs is it doesn't appear to be mounted yet

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:24:50PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:38:53 +1000
> Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> wrote:
> > I don't think it is all that bad.  It is a shame you have to use system()
> > rather than just calling mount() directly but I guess we need that to
> > update /etc/mtab.
> > 
> 
> Yeah, that's the main reason I went with system(). It's worthwhile to
> note that I'm using the exact same command that's in modprobe.conf on
> fedora/RHEL.
> 
> > Suggestions:
> > 
> >  - just don't do that.  Use /etc/init.d/nfsserver start (or whatever the
> >    distro uses).
> 
> I don't think we should count on that. Most people will use that, but
> it seems like we shouldn't require that for this to work as expected...
> 
> >  - Make /proc/fs/nfsd and auto-mount point.  That sounds like the systemd
> >    approach.
> 
> Yes, I think systemd will take care of this eventually, but I think we
> need something for existing distros that aren't using it yet.

I thought Neil was saying that this would be a "systemd-like" approach,
not that it would actually require systemd.  Am I missing something?

I can't come up with an immediate objection.  I'm also not opposed to
your patch as it stands.

--b.