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 13:50:14 +0100 Message-ID: <54D21586.3030302@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> <54D213C6.1070704@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: Received: from h1446028.stratoserver.net ([85.214.92.142]:34138 "EHLO mail.ahsoftware.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752527AbbBDMuV convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2015 07:50:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <54D213C6.1070704@ahsoftware.de> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am 04.02.2015 um 13:42 schrieb Alexander Holler: > 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 i= sn'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 pleas= e >>> 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[ETFLAG= S > to vfat or one of the dozens other filesystems which don't know about > linux-specific flags? I don't see a way to do that, so there's only > unlinkat() left. Or to be give an actual use case, mount a (v)fat formatted usb-stick,=20 -hdd or mmc, delete a file with the patches I offered, unmount it, try=20 to find the contents of the deleted file at device-level (e.g. by=20 grepping the partition). Alexander Holler -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel= " in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html