Re: [PATCH v3] SUNRPC: set desired file system root beforeconnecting local transports

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 08:07:06AM -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> So you're worried that a bug in the nfs code could modify the root and
> then not restore it?

At least the link you pointed to earlier never sets it back.  Instead
of messing with it I'd rather have the sunrpc code use vfs_path_lookup
and not care about current->fs->root at all.

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