Re: [issue1537] null mount does not accept -o update

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:Antonio Huete Jimenez <tuxillo@quantumachine.net> added the comment:
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:Simon,
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:I've checked FBSD and NBSD. The former can only do update mounts for NFS ex=
:ports
:it seems, and the latter can't at all.
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:Any hit for doing this?
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:Cheers,
:Antonio Huete
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:status: unread -> chatting

    hit -> hint I assume.  Yes, you should be able to imlement the
    MNT_UPDATE stuff for null mounts.  MNT_UPDATE implementations only
    allow certain flags to be changed out from under the mounted filesystem.
    For null mounts basically the only thing you can update is read-only
    vs read-write operation.

    You can see how other VFSs handle MNT_UPDATE.  It is fairly
    straightforward.
    
					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>