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Create a new helper, vfs_create_mount(), that creates a detached vfsmount object from an fs_context that has a superblock attached to it. Almost all uses will be paired with immediately preceding vfs_get_tree(); add a helper for such combination. Switch vfs_kern_mount() to use this. NOTE: mild behaviour change; passing NULL as 'device name' to something like procfs will change /proc/*/mountstats - "device none" instead on "no device". That is consistent with /proc/mounts et.al. [do'h - EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL slipped in by mistake; removed] [AV -- remove confused comment from vfs_create_mount()] [AV -- removed the second argument] Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.