Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression

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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...>, Frank van Maarseveen <frankvm@...>, Hua Zhong <hzhong@...>, 'Linux Kernel Mailing List' <linux-kernel@...>, <akpm@...>
Date: Friday, August 31, 2007 - 4:51 am

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 01:07:56AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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100% agreed.


It does not have "nothing" to do with the regression.

Some setups which worked more by accident than by design earlier on were broken
by the fix. This could have been avoided, I agree, but the breakage was caused
by the fix (or the breakage is the fix, however you prefer to look at it).


*part* of it wasn't a security hole.

The other half very much was.

...

Sure, given that Trond (or whomever) has the time it takes to go and implement
all of this, there's no need to screw anyone.

Assuming he's on a schedule and this will have to wait, I agree with him that
it makes the most sense to play it safe security/consistency-wise rather than
functionality-wise.


It makes troubleshooting possible, which adresses *the* major complaint from
*one* of the *two* people who complained about this.


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 / jakob

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recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Hua Zhong, (Thu Aug 30, 5:07 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Frank van Maarseveen, (Fri Aug 31, 4:14 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Ian Kent, (Fri Aug 31, 5:05 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Thu Aug 30, 6:37 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Linus Torvalds, (Thu Aug 30, 11:49 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Fri Aug 31, 12:21 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Bill Davidsen, (Sat Sep 1, 8:58 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, David Howells, (Tue Sep 4, 3:54 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Ian Kent, (Wed Sep 5, 8:44 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Wed Sep 5, 12:26 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, David Howells, (Wed Sep 5, 11:37 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Wed Sep 5, 11:50 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Ian Kent, (Thu Sep 6, 1:23 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Bill Davidsen, (Wed Sep 5, 8:35 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, David Howells, (Wed Sep 5, 11:34 am)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Hua Zhong, (Fri Aug 31, 2:47 pm)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Fri Aug 31, 3:13 pm)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Hua Zhong, (Fri Aug 31, 3:35 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Linus Torvalds, (Fri Aug 31, 1:01 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, David Howells, (Tue Sep 4, 4:35 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Sep 4, 5:04 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, David Howells, (Tue Sep 4, 4:02 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Fri Aug 31, 3:03 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Fri Aug 31, 12:44 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Linus Torvalds, (Fri Aug 31, 12:59 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Ian Kent, (Fri Aug 31, 1:38 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Martin Knoblauch, (Fri Aug 31, 4:54 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Fri Aug 31, 1:04 am)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Hua Zhong, (Fri Aug 31, 1:24 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Linus Torvalds, (Fri Aug 31, 1:16 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Jakob Oestergaard, (Fri Aug 31, 3:40 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Frank van Maarseveen, (Fri Aug 31, 4:28 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Linus Torvalds, (Fri Aug 31, 4:07 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Fri Aug 31, 8:11 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, David Howells, (Tue Sep 4, 3:51 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Frank van Maarseveen, (Fri Aug 31, 9:12 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Fri Aug 31, 9:50 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Frank van Maarseveen, (Fri Aug 31, 10:42 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Jakob Oestergaard, (Fri Aug 31, 4:51 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Linus Torvalds, (Fri Aug 31, 12:43 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Jakob Oestergaard, (Mon Sep 3, 9:20 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Martin Knoblauch, (Mon Sep 3, 9:43 am)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Hua Zhong, (Thu Aug 30, 11:57 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Andrew Morton, (Thu Aug 30, 9:24 pm)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Fri Aug 31, 12:33 am)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Hua Zhong, (Thu Aug 30, 6:47 pm)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Thu Aug 30, 7:22 pm)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Hua Zhong, (Thu Aug 30, 7:30 pm)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Thu Aug 30, 7:37 pm)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Hua Zhong, (Thu Aug 30, 7:44 pm)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Fri Aug 31, 12:31 am)
Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Matthias Schniedermeyer, (Fri Aug 31, 3:50 am)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Ian Kent, (Fri Aug 31, 1:09 am)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Linus Torvalds, (Fri Aug 31, 12:38 am)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Trond Myklebust, (Fri Aug 31, 12:57 am)
RE: recent nfs change causes autofs regression, Hua Zhong, (Fri Aug 31, 12:47 am)