Re: [patch 01/26] mount options: add documentation

> > > Could also please explain why you want to go via user > > > mounts. Other OS use a daemon for that, which e.g. can maintain > > > access controls. How do you want to manage this? > > > > The unprivileged mounts patches do contain a simple form of access > > control. I don't think anything m

Re: [patch 01/26] mount options: add documentation

Hi, On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > How does this deal with certain special cases: > > - chroot: how will mount/df only show the for chroot relevant mounts? > > That is a very good question. Andreas Gruenbacher had some patches > for fixing behavior of /proc/mounts under a chroot

Re: [patch 01/26] mount options: add documentation

> > > - loop: how is the connection between file and loop device maintained? > > > > We also discussed this with Karel, maybe it didn't make it onto lkml. > > > > The proposed solution was to store the "loop" flag separately in a > > file under /var. It could just be an empty file for each such

Re: [patch 01/26] mount options: add documentation

On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 10:09:03AM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > - loop: how is the connection between file and loop device maintained? > > We also discussed this with Karel, maybe it didn't make it onto lkml. > > The proposed solution was to store the "loop" flag separately in a > file under

Re: [patch 01/26] mount options: add documentation

> > Q: Why do we need correct option showing in /proc/mounts? > > A: We want /proc/mounts to fully replace /etc/mtab. The reasons for > >this are: > > - unprivileged mounters won't be able to update /etc/mtab > > - /etc/mtab doesn't work with private mount namespaces > > - /etc/mta

Re: [patch 01/26] mount options: add documentation

Hi, On Thursday 24. January 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > Q: Why do we need correct option showing in /proc/mounts? > A: We want /proc/mounts to fully replace /etc/mtab. The reasons for >this are: > - unprivileged mounters won't be able to update /etc/mtab > - /etc/mtab doesn't work

Re: [patch 01/26] mount options: add documentation

> Where did you check for the existence of a ->show_options method for > unionfs? Unionfs does implement ->show_options and supports all of the > mount/remount options. See: > >

Re: [patch 01/26] mount options: add documentation

> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Miklos Szeredi writes: > > From: Miklos Szeredi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > This series addresses the problem of showing mount options in > > /proc/mounts. [...] > > The following filesystems still need fixing: CIFS, NFS, XFS, Unionfs, > > Reiser4. For CIFS, NFS

Re: [patch 01/26] mount options: add documentation

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Miklos Szeredi writes: > From: Miklos Szeredi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This series addresses the problem of showing mount options in > /proc/mounts. > > Several filesystems which use mount options, have not implemented a > .show_options superblock operation. Severa

[patch 01/26] mount options: add documentation

From: Miklos Szeredi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This series addresses the problem of showing mount options in /proc/mounts. Several filesystems which use mount options, have not implemented a .show_options superblock operation. Several others have implemented this callback, but have not kept it fully u