On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 08:25 -0500, Peter Staubach wrote:
> Lukas Kolbe wrote:
> > Hi Ian!
> >
> > Ping? :)
> >
> > We use this patch now for several servers and clients (debian etch with
> > 2.6.18, ubuntu feisty with 2.6.20 and some test systems with 2.6.23),
> > and have seen no regression so far, only working automounts :)
> > I'd love to see this change upstream, so that I don't have to worry
> > about constantly patching my own kernel anymore :)
> 
> Why does adding mount on access(2) make things work better?  What works 
> better?

Lucas has recursive maps.
For these mounts to work, we need to ensure that there aren't dependent
mounts in the mount point path itself before proceeding. We've used the
access system call, made just prior to performing the mount, to make
this happen. In this case, however, the lookup flags in the kernel where
not triggering the mount.

Ian


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