Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce a version6 of autofs interface, to fix design error.

Linus Torvalds
2012-04-28T00:17:57Z

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:03 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>
> Still, I have to admit... we have a grand total of three users of this
> interface as far as we know (autofs, systemd, and am-utils if they ever
> revved that one to v5.)  Would it really not be better to do the
> zero-eating user space fix?

Considering the sh*t that is in user space now, and how distributions
tend to take years (if ever) to actually update some programs, I don't
see how that would actually work in practice.

Linus