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SubjectRe: compat: autofs v5 packet size ambiguity - update
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On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 09:54 +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 09:48 +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 08:12 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Oh, DOH ...
> > > >
> > > > The process mounting the autofs mount is passing the pipe it will use
> > > > for communication via a mount option so we can do this right in
> > > > fill_super.
> > >
> > > No, we really cannot.
> >
> > Sorry, I think your wrong this time.
>
> On second thought, I suppose other user space users don't "have" to use
> mount(2) ....

Thomas, what does systemd use to mount the autofs mounts that it uses?

>
> >
> > >
> > > The autofs "mount" is done by fork + execve("mount").
> >
> > It's done like this when mounting things inside an already mounted
> > indirect autofs mount or when mounting things on autofs direct mount
> > triggers but, in version 5, mount(2) has always used to mount autofs
> > file systems.
> >
> > Ian
>




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