[CFT][PATCH] namespaces patch (2.4.5-pre6)

[CFT][PATCH] namespaces patch (2.4.5-pre6)

[Alexander Viro]

	Folks, new version of the patch is on
ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/viro/namespaces-c-S5-pre6.gz

	News:
* ported to 2.4.5-pre6
* new (cleaner) locking mechanism
* lock_super() is starting to become fs-private thing - first steps to
  removing it from VFS code are done.

Please, help with testing. I'm feeding the pieces suitable for 2.4 into
the Linus' tree, so patch got smaller.

It works here(tm). It had survived rather sadistic tortu^Wtesting, but I
am _very_ interested in more eyes going through the thing and more people
giving it a beating.
							Al

Re: [CFT][PATCH] namespaces patch (2.4.5-pre6)

[David L. Parsley]

Alexander Viro wrote:
> 
>         Folks, new version of the patch is on
> ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/viro/namespaces-c-S5-pre6.gz
> 
>         News:
> * ported to 2.4.5-pre6
> * new (cleaner) locking mechanism
> * lock_super() is starting to become fs-private thing - first steps to
>   removing it from VFS code are done.
> 
> Please, help with testing. I'm feeding the pieces suitable for 2.4 into
> the Linus' tree, so patch got smaller.

OK, at the risk of asking a Stupid Question (tm), what exactly does
the namespaces patch buy us?  From the viewpoint of an
integrator/system admin?  I'd happily check it out if I thought it
would solve any of the problems I regularly see.

regards,
	David

-- 
David L. Parsley
Network Administrator, Roanoke College
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Giants."
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