From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946005AbWGOHzP (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:55:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946001AbWGOHzP (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:55:15 -0400 Received: from wavehammer.waldi.eu.org ([82.139.201.20]:8363 "EHLO wavehammer.waldi.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946005AbWGOHzO (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:55:14 -0400 Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:55:12 +0200 From: Bastian Blank To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Greg KH , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Marcel Holtmann Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.17.5 Message-ID: <20060715075512.GA1666@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Bastian Blank , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Marcel Holtmann References: <20060715030047.GC11167@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 10:21:22PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > It still leaves the whole issue of whether /proc should honor chmod AT ALL > open, Hmm, can you explain why notify_change (fs/attr.c) don't bail out if the inode lacks the setattr function and instead just sets the new permissions? I really think this is the wrong way and inodes which want this default behaviour should explicitely define it. Bastian -- Each kiss is as the first. -- Miramanee, Kirk's wife, "The Paradise Syndrome", stardate 4842.6