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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 02:02:29 -0700
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	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, akpm@osdl.org,
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To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Christoph Hellwig wrote:

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>I don't think you'll get anywhere with auditing.  We need to write down
>the semantics you want, define them at the VFS level and make sure
>they're not conflicting with defined userspace semantics or kernel
>assumptions.
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>I think you need to learn the basic distinction between the VFS layer
>and a lowlevel filesystem driver.
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How old are you?  I thought you were the guy at Linux Tag with fashion 
oriented hair who gave a talk on his XFS work?  Did I confuse you with 
someone else?


Hans