From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261300AbVAGHds (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 02:33:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261301AbVAGHds (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 02:33:48 -0500 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:51977 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261300AbVAGHdr (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 02:33:47 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Restore files_lock and set_fs_root exports From: Arjan van de Ven To: paulmck@us.ibm.com Cc: Al Viro , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jtk@us.ibm.com, wtaber@us.ibm.com, pbadari@us.ibm.com, markv@us.ibm.com, greghk@us.ibm.com In-Reply-To: <20050106210408.GM1292@us.ibm.com> References: <20050106190538.GB1618@us.ibm.com> <1105039259.4468.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20050106201531.GJ1292@us.ibm.com> <20050106203258.GN26051@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20050106210408.GM1292@us.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:33:32 +0100 Message-Id: <1105083213.4179.1.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 4.1 (++++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on canuck.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (4.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.3 RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO Received: contains a numeric HELO 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 13:04 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 08:32:59PM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 12:15:31PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > Yep, you win the prize, it is MVFS. > > > > > > This is the usual port of an existing body of code to the Linux kernel. > > > It is not asking for a new export, only restoration of a previously existing > > > export. > > > > Sorry, but "our code is badly misdesigned" does not make a valid excuse > > when you have been told, repeatedly, by many people, for at least a year > > that you needed to sanitize your design. > > The obvious searches did not find this for me. Any pointers so that > I can bring to the MVFS guys' attention any alternatives that might > have been recommended? eh maybe a weird question, but why are you and not the MVFS guys asking for this export then? They can probably better explain why they need it ....