Subject: Re: sys_mount() and VFS_MOUNT() and file-system specif arguments
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/03/2007 19:46:00
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 06:42:06PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> I'm beginning to think that both changes are needed:
> 1) Add a new mount system call and library function that passes the
>    length of the 'data' buffer into the kernel (and returns it for
>    MNT_GETARGS).
> 2) Default the buffer size to that from 'struct vfsops' when none
>    provided.

How much sense does it make to keep MNT_GETARGS in the current form and
not just move to string-based input?

Joerg