Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 21:30:13 -0800
From: Brad Boyer <flar@allandria.com>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
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On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 12:21:36PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Here's an updated (but untested) patch based on your suggestions. I also went
> ahead and made the exported symbols GPL-only since that seems like it would be
> appropriate here. Any further thoughts on it?

I don't know that this is a good idea. I know this isn't likely to be
a popular statement, but I think that there should be at least some
minor justification to making a symbol GPL-only (it won't take much).
This seems like exactly the sort of thing that should be a generic
service available to all filesystem implementors whether it's GPL or
not. The usual justification for GPL-only is that it's something
random modules shouldn't be touching anyway, but it's something that
some part of the tree which could be a module needs.

	Brad Boyer
	flar@allandria.com

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