Re: [PATCH 00/25] move handling of setuid/gid bits from VFS into individual setattr functions (RESEND)
Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Aug 2007 22:05:13 +0200 (CEST)
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On Aug 8 2007 09:48, Andrew Morton wrote: >> > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:54:03 -0400 >> > Jeff Layton <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Is there any way in which we can prevent these problems? Say >> > >> > - rename something so that unconverted filesystems will reliably fail to >> > compile? >> > >> >> I suppose we could rename the .setattr inode operation to something >> else, but then we'll be stuck with it for at least a while. That seems >> sort of kludgey too... > >Sure. We're changing the required behaviour of .setattr. Changing its >name is a fine and reasonably reliable way to communicate that fact. Maybe ->chattr/->chgattr? Jan -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/