Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:50:48 +0200 | From | Martin von Loewis <> | Subject | Re: autofs: kernel-assisted automounter |
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> I vaguely recall problems with kernel-level automounters in general really > messing things up on a hanging mount, and that multithreading within the > automounter was the answer. How does Linux autofs handle this?
Currently, I believe it doesn't. It could be easily enhanced to support that, though. The actual mounting still happens in user space. The automount daemon invokes the mount command using fork/exec/waitpid. If you omit the waiting part, you could have several mounts in progress, working around hanging mounts.
Regards, Martin
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