Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261753AbVAHALv (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:11:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261739AbVAHALT (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:11:19 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:38289 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261743AbVAHAHx (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:07:53 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:12:25 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Alan Cox Cc: hch@infradead.org, mingo@elte.hu, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, paulmck@us.ibm.com, arjan@infradead.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, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Restore files_lock and set_fs_root exports Message-Id: <20050107161225.2a09aeb5.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <1105136713.7079.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> 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> <1105136713.7079.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1176 Lines: 27 Alan Cox wrote: > > 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 Obviously not very well, because it didn't work. Was a removal date given? > > 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. I doubt if that is correct. Paul? - 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/