From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753643AbYIZWU0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:20:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752069AbYIZWUM (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:20:12 -0400 Received: from [198.145.64.141] ([198.145.64.141]:44957 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751966AbYIZWUL (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:20:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:16:26 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Eric Paris Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, malware-list@lists.printk.net Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 2/11] fsnotify: pass a file instead of an inode to open modify and read Message-ID: <20080926221626.GA10141@kroah.com> References: <1222463900.2872.211.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1222463900.2872.211.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 05:18:20PM -0400, Eric Paris wrote: > pass a file instead of an inode to open, modify, close Why? It would be helpful to describe the need for this change in this log comment. thanks, greg k-h