Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762214AbYHEAfq (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:35:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755389AbYHEAfi (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:35:38 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:55240 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757215AbYHEAfi (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:35:38 -0400 Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for on access scanning From: Eric Paris To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, malware-list@lists.printk.net In-Reply-To: <1217896374.27684.53.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1217883616.27684.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080804223249.GA10517@kroah.com> <1217896374.27684.53.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:35:34 -0400 Message-Id: <1217896534.27684.55.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 729 Lines: 18 On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 20:32 -0400, Eric Paris wrote: > The model only makes claims about open and I want to be forthright with > its shortcomings. It sounds rather unreasonable to think that every > time I want to read one bite from a file which is being concurrently > written by another process some virus scanner should have to reread and > validate the entire file. I think as some point we have to accept the Sorry, can't help but laugh at myself for typing "bite". -Eric -- 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/