Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261405AbVD0K67 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:58:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261413AbVD0K67 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:58:59 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:27295 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261405AbVD0K66 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:58:58 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: filesystem transactions API Organization: Private Site running Debian GNU/Linux In-Reply-To: <20050427091402.GA1904@vagabond> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.8-20050315 ("Scalpay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.8.1 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:58:55 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 636 Lines: 15 In article <20050427091402.GA1904@vagabond> you wrote: > The problem with implementing in userland, as was already said in the > thread, is, that if some process does not use the library, it can > completely mess it up. It is only safe in kernel. Only if all process use the transacted API. There is no reason to fear that some malicious user is messing with your DB files. Greetings Bernd - 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/