statmount: add a new supported_mask field
Some of the fields in the statmount() reply can be optional. If the kernel has nothing to emit in that field, then it doesn't set the flag in the reply. This presents a problem: There is currently no way to know what mask flags the kernel supports since you can't always count on them being in the reply. Add a new STATMOUNT_SUPPORTED_MASK flag and field that the kernel can set in the reply. Userland can use this to determine if the fields it requires from the kernel are supported. This also gives us a way to deprecate fields in the future, if that should become necessary. Reviewed-by:Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by:
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250206-statmount-v2-1-6ae70a21c2ab@kernel.org Signed-off-by:
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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