Re: [GIT PULL for v6.7] autofs updates

From: Bill O'Donnell
Date: Mon Oct 30 2023 - 10:29:33 EST


On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 03:54:52PM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> On 27/10/23 22:33, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > Hey Linus,
> >
> > /* Summary */
> > This ports autofs to the new mount api. The patchset has existed for
> > quite a while but never made it upstream. Ian picked it back up.
> >
> > This also fixes a bug where fs_param_is_fd() was passed a garbage
> > param->dirfd but it expected it to be set to the fd that was used to set
> > param->file otherwise result->uint_32 contains nonsense. So make sure
> > it's set.
> >
> > One less filesystem using the old mount api. We're getting there, albeit
> > rather slow. The last remaining major filesystem that hasn't converted
> > is btrfs. Patches exist - I even wrote them - but so far they haven't
> > made it upstream.
>
> Yes, looks like about 39 still to be converted.
>
>
> Just for information, excluding btrfs, what would you like to see as the
>
> priority for conversion (in case me or any of my colleagues get a chance
>
> to spend a bit more time on it)?

I'm just starting to have a look at zonefs as a candidate.
-Bill