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

[Ian Kent]

On 30/10/23 22:28, Bill O'Donnell wrote:
> 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
And devpts looks fairly straight forward and is used a lot ... I'll see if

I can get time to get that one done, ;)


Ian