Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM

Andrew Morton
2005-03-08T04:18:07Z

Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 07:50:20PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > So I still have the rt-lsm patch floating about, saying "merge me, merge
> > me!". I'm not sure that the world would end were I to do so.
> >
> > Consider this a prod in the direction of those who were pushing
> > alternatives ;)
>
> It's still a really bad idea.

It solves a real problem and is well encapsulated. The world won't end if
we merge it.

Still. My point is: we're still awaiting anything better and thei is just
hanging around and hanging around.

> You let the magic gid for oracle hugetlb
> patch go in with that reasonsing

Which continues to cause zero problems.

> now ew have relatime-lsm,

Not yet.

> next we
> $CAPABILITY for $FOO and we're headed straight to interface-hell.

"interface hell"? Wow.

Still. It seems to be what we deserve if all that fancy stuff we have
cannot address this very simple and very real-world problem.