From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:44:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:44:25 -0500 Received: from hermes.mixx.net ([212.84.196.2]:27151 "HELO hermes.mixx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:44:15 -0500 Message-ID: <3A5B3114.FAC64E04@innominate.de> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 16:41:08 +0100 From: Daniel Phillips Organization: innominate X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [de] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0-test10 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jesse Pollard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FS callback routines In-Reply-To: <200101091405.IAA24807@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jesse Pollard wrote: > Daniel Phillips : > > This may be the most significant new feature in 2.4.0, as it allows us > > to take a fundamentally different approach to many different problems. > > Three that come to mind: mail (get your mail instantly without polling); > > make (don't rely on timestamps to know when rebuilding is needed, don't > > scan huge directory trees on each build); locate (reindex only those > > directories that have changed, keep index database current). As you > > noticed, there are many others. > > ... > > It would also be very nice if the security of the feature could be > confirmed. The problem with SGI's implementation is that it becomes > possible to monitor files that you don't own, don't have access to, > or are not permitted to know even exist. To receive notification about events in a given directory you have to be able to open it. Is this adequate for your needs? > For these reasons, we have disabled the feature. It's nice to have that option, isn't it? ;-) -- Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/