From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261447AbVAGPMj (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:12:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261450AbVAGPMj (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:12:39 -0500 Received: from e6.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.146]:17597 "EHLO e6.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261447AbVAGPMh (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:12:37 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 07:12:23 -0800 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Arjan van de Ven 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 Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Restore files_lock and set_fs_root exports Message-ID: <20050107151223.GA1267@us.ibm.com> Reply-To: paulmck@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> <1105083213.4179.1.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1105083213.4179.1.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 08:33:32AM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > 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 .... As near as I can tell, they believe that they already did the best they could to explain their needs and failed to do so. Thanx, Paul