Subject: Re: MNT_NOSHARE for non-exportable fs [was: Removing tmpfs' experimental
To: M J Fleming <mjf@NetBSD.org>
From: Cary G. Gray <Cary.G.Gray@wheaton.edu>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/02/2006 08:38:04
I don't think the name of the flag is appropriate. Calling it NOEXPORT is
putting NFS-specific terminology into tmpfs; it would be better to keep
them separate, and to say more clearly (in tmpfs) what capability is
missing and (in nfs) what capability is needed.
The capability in question is persistent/unique filehandles. I'm not sure
how to make that short enough-- NOHANDLES?
Also, when I look in fstypes.h, I'd say that this limitation is more like
those in the MNT_BASIC_FLAGS set (e.g., READONLY, NOATIME) than the IMNT_*
set.
Cary Gray