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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
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Subject: Re: Why is CONFIG_FHANDLE an option??
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On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:42:50AM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> Yes, I'm aware of that. Doesn't mean we have to make things worse.
> Just because we've had optional syscalls in the past doesn't mean we have 
> to add more, nor that the existing ones were a good idea. IMHO they should 
> be removed as options and just included unconditionally - not too late to 
> correct this...

There's fanotify in that pile.  Consider that bright idea *strongly* NAKed.