From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753740AbdFSHrK (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jun 2017 03:47:10 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:59644 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752386AbdFSHrI (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jun 2017 03:47:08 -0400 DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com 9CBA9C04B92D Authentication-Results: ext-mx07.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx07.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=dhowells@redhat.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mx1.redhat.com 9CBA9C04B92D Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <1497711392.4684.11.camel@redhat.com> References: <1497711392.4684.11.camel@redhat.com> <20170617095755.z623wmwgwcw76wce@thunk.org> <22bc3062-e860-5266-7a2d-9f5eff8b8559@schaufler-ca.com> <149745330648.10897.9605870130502083184.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <149745339478.10897.13154531822843514976.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <1402.1497472929@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <77078d8b-e8dc-5cd2-2f09-1e796d8e0e2c@schaufler-ca.com> <9029.1497709089@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: Jeff Layton Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, "Theodore Ts'o" , Casey Schaufler , mszeredi@redhat.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/27] VFS: Introduce the structs and doc for a filesystem context [ver #5] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <25344.1497858424.1@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:47:04 +0100 Message-ID: <25345.1497858424@warthog.procyon.org.uk> X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Mon, 19 Jun 2017 07:47:07 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jeff Layton wrote: > Do you have a reference to the discussion so I can understand the > rationale there? I'm afraid not - it was around 15-20 years ago, I think. I seem to remember the rationale being something like "because it's a stupid idea". David