From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757739Ab1GKONx (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:13:53 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:43363 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757694Ab1GKONw (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:13:52 -0400 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <20110711134147.GA6853@infradead.org> References: <20110711134147.GA6853@infradead.org> <20110711132057.14641.36229.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, autofs@linux.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ian Kent Subject: Re: [PATCH] VFS: Fix automount for negative autofs dentries Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:13:41 +0100 Message-ID: <16882.1310393621@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Christoph Hellwig wrote: > would do the same. But is much less obvious. The LOOKUP_FOLLOW flag is the primary reason for this statement. The rest are subordinate and would be wholly irrelevant if LOOKUP_FOLLOW was to be removed from the list. David