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 13:42:46 +0100 Message-ID: <54D213C6.1070704@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> <54D20F02.5050700@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: <54D20F02.5050700@ahsoftware.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Am 04.02.2015 um 13:22 schrieb Alexander Holler: > 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 is= n't > in use by something else, the current contents will be wiped on > traditional harddrives. I assume that already fulfills more than 50% = of > 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 > explained above. Besides requesting an API which makes such a simple > solution, in contrast to the the 's' bit, possible. To be more precise: How do you add something like EXT2_IOC_[SG[ETFLAGS=20 to vfat or one of the dozens other filesystems which don't know about=20 linux-specific flags? I don't see a way to do that, so there's only=20 unlinkat() left. Alexander Holler