Subj : [$] Finishing the conversion to the "new" mount API
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From : LWN.net
Date : Wed Jun 26 2024 14:30:05

[$] Finishing the conversion to the "new" mount API

Date:
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:19:30 +0000

Description:
Eric Sandeen led a filesystem-track session at 
the
2024 Linux Storage,
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit on completing the
conversion of the existing kernel filesystems to use the mount API that was 
added for the 5.2 kernel in 2019.  That API is
invariably called the "new" API, which it is when compared to the
venerable mount() system call, but it has been available for five years or so 
at this point
without really pushing its predecessor aside.  Sandeen wanted to discuss
the status of the conversion process and some other questions surrounding
the new API.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/979166/


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