From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761391AbXGPVOh (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:14:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756822AbXGPVOZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:14:25 -0400 Received: from lazybastard.de ([212.112.238.170]:46030 "EHLO longford.lazybastard.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756399AbXGPVOX (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:14:23 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:10:49 +0200 From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel To: Al Boldi Cc: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel , Satyam Sharma , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hardlink Pitfalls (was: Patches for REALLY TINY 386 kernels) Message-ID: <20070716211049.GA3537@lazybastard.org> References: <200707161722.53203.a1426z@gawab.com> <20070716165312.GA32647@lazybastard.org> <200707162023.04646.a1426z@gawab.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200707162023.04646.a1426z@gawab.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 16 July 2007 20:23:04 +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > Jörn Engel wrote: > > > The only place that can ensure to always break the > > link is the kernel. Which is why I wrote the cowlink patches some years > > back. > > Can you post a patch against 2.6.22? I can and probably will. > > The still need a lot of love to be merge-ready. But I do use them on a > > daily basis. > > Well, if the patch is lean and optional and runtime configurable, then they > should definitely be considered for inclusion. Lean is not the word I would choose. It works. For me. That is about as much praise as it deserves. Jörn -- Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, but not tried it. -- Donald Knuth