From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751240AbVKIPA6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:00:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751321AbVKIPA6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:00:58 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:47563 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751240AbVKIPA6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:00:58 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:00:57 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Jan Beulich Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/39] NLKD - early pseudo-fs Message-ID: <20051109150057.GX7992@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <43720F5E.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> <43720F95.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> <43720FBA.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> <43720FF6.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> <43721024.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> <4372105B.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> <43721119.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> <43721142.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> <20051109142926.GU7992@ftp.linux.org.uk> <4372179E.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4372179E.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 03:37:02PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > >What the hell for? We _already_ have a way to get any set of files > in > >a filesystem as soon as we have VFS caches set up (and until then you > >can't open anything anyway). > > That's the whole point - a debugger wants this *before* VFS is set up > (and thus obviously without going through VFS in the first place). One > may argue that the naming is odd, but that's nothing I really care > about. > > >NAK. > > Then suggest an alternative solution. "Reduce the parts of your config needed that early on to something saner in size"