Re: [PATCH] VFS: Differentiate mount flags (MS_*) from internal superblock flags

[David Howells]

Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I guess you mean stuff like affs_fill_super which does:
> 
>     sb->s_flags |= MS_NODEV | MS_NOSUID;
> 
> It seems like it's doing that too late to be useful.

Actually, after the change, it seems nothing actually tests SB_NOSUID,
SB_NODEV or SB_NOEXEC, so those bits should probably be removed.

I also wonder if the internal MS_ flags (eg. MS_SUBMOUNT) should be removed
from the UAPI header.

David