Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269169AbUIBXG4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 19:06:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269235AbUIBXC6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 19:02:58 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:60070 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269169AbUIBXCP (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 19:02:15 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:02:13 +0100 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Frank van Maarseveen Cc: Dave Kleikamp , Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , Hans Reiser , Christoph Hellwig , fsdevel , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives (was: silent semantic changes with reiser4) Message-ID: <20040902230213.GI23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <1094160994.31499.19.camel@shaggy.austin.ibm.com> <20040902214806.GA5272@janus> <20040902220027.GD23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040902220242.GA5414@janus> <20040902220640.GE23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040902221133.GB5414@janus> <20040902221722.GF23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040902222650.GA5523@janus> <20040902223324.GG23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040902225634.GA5756@janus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040902225634.GA5756@janus> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 507 Lines: 11 On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:56:34AM +0200, Frank van Maarseveen wrote: > And that doesn't mean that the kernel should accept any fs image > when a user tries to cd into the file. No, it shouldn't. It should say "it's not a directory, bugger off". Which it does. - 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/