> I suspect we can allow MNT_FORCE for non-privileged users > as well if we can trust the filesystem.
I don't think so. MNT_FORCE has side effects on the superblock. So a user shouldn't be able to force an unmount on a bind mount s/he did, but there's no problem with allowing plain/lazy unmounts. We could possibly allow MNT_FORCE, for FS_SAFE filesystems. Miklos - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/