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From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
To: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] new syscall: flink
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 14:31:11 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304071422580.12110-100000@serv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030407091120.GA50075@dspnet.fr.eu.org>

Hi,

> That breaks one of the main uses, creating with open a temporary file
> in /tmp, unlinking it, then later hooking it up somewhere else in the
> filesystem.

I wouldn't rely on this functionality, not all filesystems might like it 
to have to recreate a deleted fs entry. Most filesystems should be able to 
do this, but all fs drivers have to be checked, that they do the right 
thing.

bye, Roman


  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-04-07 12:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-07  2:56 [PATCH] new syscall: flink Mark Grosberg
2003-04-07  3:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-07  7:29   ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2003-04-07  8:18     ` Olivier Galibert
2003-04-07  8:35       ` Jakub Jelinek
2003-04-07  9:11         ` Olivier Galibert
2003-04-07 11:13           ` Alan Cox
2003-04-07 12:31           ` Roman Zippel [this message]
2003-04-07 12:54             ` Andreas Schwab
2003-04-07 13:19               ` Roman Zippel
2003-04-07 20:55   ` Fredrik Tolf
2003-04-07 21:43     ` Ulrich Drepper
2003-04-07 22:17       ` Fredrik Tolf
2003-04-07 22:25         ` Ulrich Drepper
2003-04-07 22:55           ` Fredrik Tolf
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-04-11 17:11 Clayton Weaver
2003-04-10 22:10 Clayton Weaver
2003-04-11  1:02 ` David Wagner
2003-04-10  0:31 Clayton Weaver
2003-04-08 13:06 Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-07 23:57 Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-07 16:50 Clayton Weaver
2003-04-07 17:11 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-04-07 17:37 ` David Wagner
2003-04-07 18:43 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-04-08  5:06   ` Werner Almesberger
2003-04-07 20:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-07  9:01 Clayton Weaver
     [not found] <20030407102005.4c13ed7f.manushkinvv@desnol.ru>
     [not found] ` <200304070709.h37792815083@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu>
2003-04-07  7:35   ` Vitaly
2003-04-07 14:57     ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-07 18:47       ` Wichert Akkerman
2003-04-07 20:05       ` Bill Rugolsky Jr.
2003-04-07 20:32         ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-06 19:05 Dan Kegel
2003-04-06 19:07 ` Dan Kegel
2003-04-06 19:56 ` Oliver Neukum
2003-04-06 20:08   ` Malcolm Beattie
2003-04-06 20:33     ` Oliver Neukum
2003-04-06 21:12   ` Alan Cox
2003-04-07  2:33     ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-07  2:29       ` David Wagner
2003-04-07  9:09         ` Malcolm Beattie
2003-04-07 11:02           ` Olivier Galibert
2003-04-07  5:25       ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-07  6:43         ` David Wagner
2003-04-07  6:21           ` Vitaly
2003-04-07 16:17           ` Shaya Potter
2003-04-06 18:39 Ulrich Drepper
2003-04-07 17:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-07 20:37   ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-08  0:23   ` Ulrich Drepper

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