Re: [PATCH 2/2] shared mounts: save mount flag space

[Miklos Szeredi]

> > Anyway, I'll let Ram&Al decide on this proposal.
> 
> It's
> 	a) palliative
> 	b) ugly
> 
> Let's face it, mount(2) ABI is getting past its shelf life already.
> We'll need saner replacement (not mixing action with the flags and
> being really typed) anyway,

Could you please ellaborate a bit more?

Are you thinking of a separate syscall for each action?

Miklos
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