From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: [PATCH] reiserfs: fix handling of device names with /'s in them Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:29:06 -0700 Message-ID: <44BB3C42.1060309@namesys.com> References: <6xQ4C-6NB-43@gated-at.bofh.it> <6xQea-6ZX-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <44B7D97B.20708@suse.com> <44B9E6D5.2040704@namesys.com> <44BA61A2.5090404@suse.com> <44BA8214.7040005@namesys.com> <44BABB14.6070906@suse.com> <44BAE619.9010307@namesys.com> <44BAECE2.8070301@suse.com> <44BAFDC3.7020301@namesys.com> <44BB0146.7080702@suse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <44BB0146.7080702@suse.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Jeffrey Mahoney Cc: 7eggert@gmx.de, Eric Dumazet , ReiserFS List , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton Jeffrey Mahoney wrote: > Hans Reiser wrote: > > >Jeffrey Mahoney wrote: > > >>This is not > >>the desired interpretation, which is why we need to replace the pathname > >>separator in the name. ReiserFS is the component that is choosing to use > >>the block device name as a pathname component and is responsible for > >>making any translation to that usage. > > >This makes no sense. I have the feeling you see trees and I see forest. > > > No, Hans. I see a problem that has been fixed elsewhere in an identical > manner. The real solution is to eliminate / from block devices in the > long run, not to start introducing mount points with different pathname > interpretation rules. Those may have a place elsewhere, after a tough > uphill battle, and are most certainly overkill for this problem. > > -Jeff I don't understand your patch and cannot support it as it is written. Perhaps you can call me and explain it on the phone. Hans