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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:18:51 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] VFS: Suppress automount on [l]stat, [l]getxattr, etc.
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>, Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>,
        miklos@szeredi.hu, Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>,
        viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, gregkh@suse.de, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
        leonardo.lists@gmail.com
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On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:54 AM, David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
>> > getxattr and co. are trickier because they don't have an AT_ flags form, and
>> > it can be argued that these, lgetxattr and co. included should automount.
>> > However, that would seriously upset ls, so I think we have to leave lgetxattr
>> > not automounting, and so getxattr should follow.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> If you really want to follow, use the '/' at the end.
>
> Sorry, 'follow' as in follow what lgetxattr does, not 'follow' as in
> automount.  Bad choise of verb.

Ahh, ok, yeah, that 'follow' in that context to me meant auto-mount,
not "logically follows".

             Linus