Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261748AbVAGX54 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:57:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261746AbVAGX4H (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:56:07 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:62402 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261750AbVAGXyA (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:54:00 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Restore files_lock and set_fs_root exports From: Alan Cox To: Andrew Morton Cc: Christoph Hellwig , mingo@elte.hu, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, paulmck@us.ibm.com, arjan@infradead.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , jtk@us.ibm.com, wtaber@us.ibm.com, pbadari@us.ibm.com, markv@us.ibm.com, greghk@us.ibm.com, torvalds@osdl.org In-Reply-To: <20050107140034.46aec534.akpm@osdl.org> References: <1105039259.4468.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20050106201531.GJ1292@us.ibm.com> <20050106203258.GN26051@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20050106210408.GM1292@us.ibm.com> <20050106212417.GQ26051@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20050106152621.395f935e.akpm@osdl.org> <20050106234123.GA27869@infradead.org> <20050106162928.650e9d71.akpm@osdl.org> <20050107002624.GA29006@infradead.org> <20050107090014.GA24946@elte.hu> <20050107091542.GA5295@infradead.org> <20050107140034.46aec534.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1105136713.7079.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 22:49:30 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 989 Lines: 22 On Gwe, 2005-01-07 at 22:00, Andrew Morton wrote: > No, I'd say that unexports are different. They can clearly break existing > code and so should only be undertaken with caution, and with lengthy notice > if possible. That was done > Christoph, it would be better to constraint yourself to commenting on other > people's actions rather than entering into premature speculation regarding > their motivations, especially when that speculation involves accusations of > corruption. People have been trying to get this stuff fixed for a long time. There are no sane users of it, there are no apparent legal users of it and the one remaining problem has shown no sign of wishing to change and will no doubt try the same again in twelve months. - 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/