Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:04:08 -0800
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>, akpm@osdl.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jtk@us.ibm.com, wtaber@us.ibm.com,
       pbadari@us.ibm.com, markv@us.ibm.com, greghk@us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Restore files_lock and set_fs_root exports
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 08:32:59PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 12:15:31PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Yep, you win the prize, it is MVFS.
> > 
> > This is the usual port of an existing body of code to the Linux kernel.
> > It is not asking for a new export, only restoration of a previously existing
> > export.
> 
> Sorry, but "our code is badly misdesigned" does not make a valid excuse
> when you have been told, repeatedly, by many people, for at least a year
> that you needed to sanitize your design.

The obvious searches did not find this for me.  Any pointers so that
I can bring to the MVFS guys' attention any alternatives that might
have been recommended?

						Thanx, Paul
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