Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263339AbTKKEOp (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 23:14:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263334AbTKKEOo (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 23:14:44 -0500 Received: from h80ad251e.async.vt.edu ([128.173.37.30]:36738 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263339AbTKKEOn (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 23:14:43 -0500 Message-Id: <200311110414.hAB4EZA8007309@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Daniel Gryniewicz Cc: linux-kernel mailing list Subject: Re: OT: why no file copy() libc/syscall ?? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Nov 2003 23:03:26 EST." <1068523406.4156.7.camel@localhost> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <1068512710.722.161.camel@cube> <20031110205011.R10197@schatzie.adilger.int> <1068523406.4156.7.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_569435137P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 23:14:35 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1095 Lines: 31 --==_Exmh_569435137P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 23:03:26 EST, Daniel Gryniewicz said: > Plus a sys_copy() syscall could be used as a generic way for filesystems > to set up Copy-on-Write. Right now, you'd need to have userspace call > sys-reiser4 or something like that. This is fast turning into a creeping horror of aggregation. I defy anybody to create an API to cover all the options mentioned so far and *not* have it look like the process_clone horror we so roundly derided a few weeks ago. --==_Exmh_569435137P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE/sGIrcC3lWbTT17ARArjAAJ44dydC4R/Gk1TaaP9L+dePDTrpqgCgtMUv oTqKspV+otldK1US8yVuTv0= =HlpW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_569435137P-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/