afs: Support the AFS dynamic root
Support the AFS dynamic root which is a pseudo-volume that doesn't connect to any server resource, but rather is just a root directory that dynamically creates mountpoint directories where the name of such a directory is the name of the cell. Such a mount can be created thus: mount -t afs none /afs -o dyn Dynamic root superblocks aren't shared except by bind mounts and propagation. Cell root volumes can then be mounted by referring to them by name, e.g.: ls /afs/grand.central.org/ ls /afs/.grand.central.org/ The kernel will upcall to consult the DNS if the address wasn't supplied directly. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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- Overview.
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- Usage.
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- Mountpoints.
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- Dynamic root.
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- Proc filesystem.
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- The cell database.
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- Security.
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@@ -127,6 +128,22 @@ mounted on /afs in one go by doing:
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umount /afs
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============
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DYNAMIC ROOT
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============
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A mount option is available to create a serverless mount that is only usable
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for dynamic lookup. Creating such a mount can be done by, for example:
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mount -t afs none /afs -o dyn
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This creates a mount that just has an empty directory at the root. Attempting
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to look up a name in this directory will cause a mountpoint to be created that
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looks up a cell of the same name, for example:
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ls /afs/grand.central.org/
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===============
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PROC FILESYSTEM
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