From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268609AbUHYUzY (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:55:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268674AbUHYUzS (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:55:18 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:64738 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268707AbUHYUvv (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:51:51 -0400 Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 From: Chris Mason To: Hans Reiser Cc: Linus Torvalds , Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List , Nikita Danilov In-Reply-To: <412CF96A.5040503@namesys.com> References: <20040824202521.GA26705@lst.de> <412CEE38.1080707@namesys.com> <20040825200859.GA16345@lst.de> <412CF96A.5040503@namesys.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1093467108.21878.240.camel@watt.suse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:51:49 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 16:41, Hans Reiser wrote: > I just want to add that I AM capable of working with the other > filesystem developers in a team-player way, and I am happy to cooperate > with making portions more reusable where there is serious interest from > other filesystems in that, Prove it. Stop replying for today and come back tomorrow with some useful discussions. Christoph suggested that some of the v4 semantics belong in the VFS and therefore linux as a whole. He's helping you to make sure the semantics and fit nicely with the rest of kernel interfaces and are race free. Take him up on the offer. -chris