diff -Nurp linux-2.6.33-rc3.org/fs/namespace.c linux-2.6.33-rc3/fs/namespace.c
--- linux-2.6.33-rc3.org/fs/namespace.c	2010-01-06 09:02:46.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.33-rc3/fs/namespace.c	2010-01-12 16:41:00.000000000 +0900
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *clone_mnt(struct
 static inline void __mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = mnt->mnt_sb;
+	int silent = !(mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_VERBOSE_MSG);
 	/*
 	 * This probably indicates that somebody messed
 	 * up a mnt_want/drop_write() pair.  If this
@@ -612,7 +613,7 @@ static inline void __mntput(struct vfsmo
 	WARN_ON(count_mnt_writers(mnt));
 	dput(mnt->mnt_root);
 	free_vfsmnt(mnt);
-	deactivate_super(sb);
+	__deactivate_super(sb, silent);
 }
 
 void mntput_no_expire(struct vfsmount *mnt)
@@ -1653,6 +1654,9 @@ static int do_new_mount(struct path *pat
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt))
 		return PTR_ERR(mnt);
 
+	/* for verbose messages on VFS layer at mount/umount */
+	if (!(flags & MS_SILENT))
+		mnt_flags |= MNT_VERBOSE_MSG;
 	return do_add_mount(mnt, path, mnt_flags, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -1664,6 +1668,7 @@ int do_add_mount(struct vfsmount *newmnt
 		 int mnt_flags, struct list_head *fslist)
 {
 	int err;
+	struct super_block *sb = newmnt->mnt_sb;
 
 	down_write(&namespace_sem);
 	/* Something was mounted here while we slept */
@@ -1692,10 +1697,22 @@ int do_add_mount(struct vfsmount *newmnt
 		list_add_tail(&newmnt->mnt_expire, fslist);
 
 	up_write(&namespace_sem);
+	/* 
+	 * message output at mount for log observers
+	 */
+	if (newmnt->mnt_flags & MNT_VERBOSE_MSG) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "Device %s mounted file system type %s read-%s\n",
+					sb->s_id, sb->s_type->name,
+					sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY ? "only" : "write");
+		/* fs specific messages for mount */
+		if (sb->s_op != NULL && sb->s_op->mount_msg != NULL)
+			sb->s_op->mount_msg(sb);
+	}
 	return 0;
 
 unlock:
 	up_write(&namespace_sem);
+	newmnt->mnt_flags &= ~MNT_VERBOSE_MSG;
 	mntput(newmnt);
 	return err;
 }
diff -Nurp linux-2.6.33-rc3.org/fs/super.c linux-2.6.33-rc3/fs/super.c
--- linux-2.6.33-rc3.org/fs/super.c	2010-01-06 09:02:46.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.33-rc3/fs/super.c	2010-01-12 16:41:00.000000000 +0900
@@ -177,15 +177,16 @@ void put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 
 /**
- *	deactivate_super	-	drop an active reference to superblock
+ *	__deactivate_super	-	drop an active reference to superblock
  *	@s: superblock to deactivate
+ *	@silent: disable verbose messages for umount from mount-tree
  *
  *	Drops an active reference to superblock, acquiring a temprory one if
  *	there is no active references left.  In that case we lock superblock,
  *	tell fs driver to shut it down and drop the temporary reference we
  *	had just acquired.
  */
-void deactivate_super(struct super_block *s)
+void __deactivate_super(struct super_block *s, int silent)
 {
 	struct file_system_type *fs = s->s_type;
 	if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&s->s_active, &sb_lock)) {
@@ -193,12 +194,25 @@ void deactivate_super(struct super_block
 		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 		vfs_dq_off(s, 0);
 		down_write(&s->s_umount);
+		/* fs specific messages for umount */
+		if (!silent && s->s_op != NULL && s->s_op->umount_msg != NULL)
+			s->s_op->umount_msg(s);
 		fs->kill_sb(s);
+		/*
+		 * message output at umount for log observers
+		 */ 
+		if (!silent)
+			printk(KERN_INFO "Device %s unmounted\n", s->s_id);
 		put_filesystem(fs);
 		put_super(s);
 	}
 }
 
+void deactivate_super(struct super_block *s)
+{
+	__deactivate_super(s, !0);
+}
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(deactivate_super);
 
 /**
diff -Nurp linux-2.6.33-rc3.org/include/linux/fs.h linux-2.6.33-rc3/include/linux/fs.h
--- linux-2.6.33-rc3.org/include/linux/fs.h	2010-01-06 09:02:46.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.33-rc3/include/linux/fs.h	2010-01-12 16:41:00.000000000 +0900
@@ -1575,6 +1575,8 @@ struct super_operations {
 	ssize_t (*quota_write)(struct super_block *, int, const char *, size_t, loff_t);
 #endif
 	int (*bdev_try_to_free_page)(struct super_block*, struct page*, gfp_t);
+	void (*mount_msg)(struct super_block*);
+	void (*umount_msg)(struct super_block*);
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1766,6 +1768,7 @@ void kill_block_super(struct super_block
 void kill_anon_super(struct super_block *sb);
 void kill_litter_super(struct super_block *sb);
 void deactivate_super(struct super_block *sb);
+void __deactivate_super(struct super_block *sb, int silent);
 void deactivate_locked_super(struct super_block *sb);
 int set_anon_super(struct super_block *s, void *data);
 struct super_block *sget(struct file_system_type *type,
diff -Nurp linux-2.6.33-rc3.org/include/linux/mount.h linux-2.6.33-rc3/include/linux/mount.h
--- linux-2.6.33-rc3.org/include/linux/mount.h	2010-01-06 09:02:46.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.33-rc3/include/linux/mount.h	2010-01-12 16:41:00.000000000 +0900
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ struct mnt_namespace;
 #define MNT_UNBINDABLE	0x2000	/* if the vfsmount is a unbindable mount */
 #define MNT_PNODE_MASK	0x3000	/* propagation flag mask */
 
+#define MNT_VERBOSE_MSG	0x10000 /* verbose messages on the VFS layer at mount
+				   /umount only when called from do_new_mount */
+
 struct vfsmount {
 	struct list_head mnt_hash;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt_parent;	/* fs we are mounted on */