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From: Grant Miner <mine0057@mrs.umn.edu>
To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com
Subject: Re: "Metas"
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:14:16 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4086ABE8.4090806@mrs.umn.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40869EAD.9020806@namesys.com>

Hans Reiser wrote:

> so if rename works on metas, are you guys happy?  that is, if mv 
> filename/metas filename/... works, are you less worried about the one in 
> 10 million users who will actually hit the reserved keyword?
> 

That sounds like the best solution to the rare case where you would need 
to use a file named "metas".

But...what about the UNIX security issues where files that aren't 
executable can't have their "metas" accessed?  I suppose that will 
require extensive VFS changes and coordination with Al Viro?

  reply	other threads:[~2004-04-21 17:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-05  0:12 "Metas" Christian Iversen
2004-04-05  0:32 ` "Metas" Alexander G. M. Smith
2004-04-05  0:36   ` "Metas" Christian Iversen
2004-04-05 15:17   ` "Metas" Marcelo Pacheco
2004-04-13 16:51   ` "Metas" Hans Reiser
2004-04-13 18:03     ` "Metas" Narcoleptic Electron
2004-04-13 18:06       ` "Metas" Hans Reiser
2004-04-16 18:11         ` "Metas" James H. Cloos Jr.
2004-04-16 19:20           ` "Metas" Narcoleptic Electron
2004-04-16 20:44             ` "Metas" Grant Miner
2004-04-18  3:33               ` "Metas" Narcoleptic Electron
2004-04-18  5:28                 ` "Metas" Zygo Blaxell
2004-04-21 16:17                   ` "Metas" Hans Reiser
2004-04-21 17:14                     ` Grant Miner [this message]
2004-04-25  5:05                       ` "Metas" David Masover
2004-04-25  5:44                         ` "Metas" Hubert Chan
2004-04-23 20:35                     ` "Metas" mjt
2004-04-25  4:38                       ` "Metas" David Masover
2004-04-25 10:09                         ` "Metas" mjt
2004-04-26 22:30                           ` "Metas" Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-04-16 22:16             ` "Metas" David Masover
2004-04-18  3:31               ` "Metas" Narcoleptic Electron
2004-04-21 16:42     ` "Metas" John D. Heintz
2004-04-21 17:00       ` "Metas" Hans Reiser
2004-04-21 18:15         ` "Metas" John D. Heintz
2004-04-05  0:47 ` "Metas" Hubert Chan
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-04-21 16:19 "Metas" Burnes, James
     [not found] <no.id>
2004-04-17  2:55 ` "Metas" The Amazing Dragon
2004-04-28  5:06 ` "Metas" The Amazing Dragon
2004-04-28  6:49   ` "Metas" Hubert Chan
2004-04-28  9:32     ` "Metas" mjt

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