Re: [PATCH -V7 3/9] vfs: Add name to file handle conversion support

[Al Viro]

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:48:24PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K. V wrote:

> How about
> sys_open_by_handle(int mountdirfd,
>                   struct file_handle __user *ufh, int open_flag)
> 
> and we validate the UUID present in the file_handle by using mountdirfd
> vfsmount. In otherwords we drop the UUID based vfsmount lookup, But
> still add UUID as a part of file handle ?

IDGI.  If you have decided upon the mountdirfd, why bother with rechecking?
You still need to handle the case when fs tells you to take a hike because
fileid was invalid.  What does duplicate uuid check in the kernel buy you?
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