From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753846Ab2A1Phm (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:37:42 -0500 Received: from caiajhbdcaib.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.81]:49031 "EHLO homiemail-a60.g.dreamhost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753414Ab2A1Phi (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:37:38 -0500 Subject: fs locks: export informational name From: Davidlohr Bueso Reply-To: dave@gnu.org To: linux-fsdevel Cc: lkml , Karel Zak , util-linux Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: GNU Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:37:33 +0100 Message-ID: <1327765053.3336.7.camel@offbook> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I'm currently rewritting lslk(8) from scratch so we can integrate it in util-linux, and continue maintaining it. In order to not break userspace, the kernel is currently exporting the major:minor numbers of the device where the locked file resides. Could we agree on defining WE_CAN_BREAK_LSLK_NOW and start exporting the informational name instead? Thanks, Davidlohr