On 06.05.20 18:04, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > * Max Reitz ([email protected]) wrote: >> Whenever we encounter a directory with an st_dev that differs from that >> of its parent, we set st_rdev accordingly so the guest can create a >> submount for it. >> >> Make this behavior optional, so submounts are only announced to the >> guest with the announce_submounts option. Some users may prefer the >> current behavior, so that the guest learns nothing about the host mount >> structure. >> >> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <[email protected]> > > Does this need to be wired to a flag in the INIT message (like say > FUSE_ASYNC_READ) to indicate that the kernel/daemon supports this, or is > it really safe just to start sending the changed rdev?
I supposed it to be safe, given that rdev is never used for anything but device files, so basically it was just a reserved field for directories. Max
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