From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Holler Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] WIP: Add syscall unlinkat_s (currently x86* only) Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:22:26 +0100 Message-ID: <54D20F02.5050700@ahsoftware.de> References: <1422896713-25367-1-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> <1422896713-25367-2-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> <20150203060542.GZ29656@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <54D071AA.1030302@ahsoftware.de> <20150203075616.GA29656@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <54D08BF4.3000903@ahsoftware.de> <54D093A0.7090201@ahsoftware.de> <54D0C3B8.2050507@ahsoftware.de> <20150203174839.GD2509@thunk.org> <54D10D0E.8090204@ahsoftware.de> <20150203233332.GE29656@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <54D1F215.9030404@ahsoftware.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Al Viro , Theodore Ts'o , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: =?windows-1252?Q?Luk=E1=9A_Czerner?= Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Am 04.02.2015 um 13:07 schrieb Luk=E1=9A Czerner: > The fact is that the current patches are useless for anything other > than proof-of-concept. Now you know more that needs to be done or That's wrong. The patches already work. If you delete a file which isn'= t=20 in use by something else, the current contents will be wiped on=20 traditional harddrives. I assume that already fulfills more than 50% of= =20 use cases of ordinary people. > thought about, but if you're not willing to do the work, then please > stop complaining about "high towers". I am not a maintainer and I > thinks that the feedback you've got is entirely reasonable. Take it > as you will. > > One more thing, can I ask you what were your expectations when > posting those patches ? I've posted them for other users which are happy with what I've=20 explained above. Besides requesting an API which makes such a simple=20 solution, in contrast to the the 's' bit, possible. Alexander Holler