Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression

Linus Torvalds
2007-08-31T05:17:35Z

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Trond Myklebust wrote:
>
> So you are saying that it is acceptable for the kernel to decide
> unilaterally to override mount options?

IT'S WHAT WE'VE APPARENTLY ALWAYS DONE!

> Why aren't we doing that for any other filesystem than NFS?

How hard is it to acknowledge the following little word:

"regression"

It's simple. You broke things. You may want to fix them, but you need to
fix them in a way that does not break user space.

Linus