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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/automount-support.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/automount-support.txt index 7cac200e2a85..7eb762eb3136 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/automount-support.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/automount-support.txt @@ -1,41 +1,15 @@ -Support is available for filesystems that wish to do automounting support (such -as kAFS which can be found in fs/afs/). This facility includes allowing -in-kernel mounts to be performed and mountpoint degradation to be -requested. The latter can also be requested by userspace. +Support is available for filesystems that wish to do automounting +support (such as kAFS which can be found in fs/afs/ and NFS in +fs/nfs/). This facility includes allowing in-kernel mounts to be +performed and mountpoint degradation to be requested. The latter can +also be requested by userspace. ====================== IN-KERNEL AUTOMOUNTING ====================== -A filesystem can now mount another filesystem on one of its directories by the -following procedure: - - (1) Give the directory a follow_link() operation. - - When the directory is accessed, the follow_link op will be called, and - it will be provided with the location of the mountpoint in the nameidata - structure (vfsmount and dentry). - - (2) Have the follow_link() op do the following steps: - - (a) Call vfs_kern_mount() to call the appropriate filesystem to set up a - superblock and gain a vfsmount structure representing it. - - (b) Copy the nameidata provided as an argument and substitute the dentry - argument into it the copy. - - (c) Call do_add_mount() to install the new vfsmount into the namespace's - mountpoint tree, thus making it accessible to userspace. Use the - nameidata set up in (b) as the destination. - - If the mountpoint will be automatically expired, then do_add_mount() - should also be given the location of an expiration list (see further - down). - - (d) Release the path in the nameidata argument and substitute in the new - vfsmount and its root dentry. The ref counts on these will need - incrementing. +See section "Mount Traps" of Documentation/filesystems/autofs4.txt Then from userspace, you can just do something like: @@ -61,17 +35,18 @@ AUTOMATIC MOUNTPOINT EXPIRY =========================== Automatic expiration of mountpoints is easy, provided you've mounted the -mountpoint to be expired in the automounting procedure outlined above. +mountpoint to be expired in the automounting procedure outlined separately. To do expiration, you need to follow these steps: - (3) Create at least one list off which the vfsmounts to be expired can be - hung. Access to this list will be governed by the vfsmount_lock. + (1) Create at least one list off which the vfsmounts to be expired can be + hung. - (4) In step (2c) above, the call to do_add_mount() should be provided with a - pointer to this list. It will hang the vfsmount off of it if it succeeds. + (2) When a new mountpoint is created in the ->d_automount method, add + the mnt to the list using mnt_set_expiry() + mnt_set_expiry(newmnt, &afs_vfsmounts); - (5) When you want mountpoints to be expired, call mark_mounts_for_expiry() + (3) When you want mountpoints to be expired, call mark_mounts_for_expiry() with a pointer to this list. This will process the list, marking every vfsmount thereon for potential expiry on the next call. |