From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 17:01:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 17:01:05 -0400 Received: from penguin.roanoke.edu ([199.111.154.8]:8453 "EHLO penguin.roanoke.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 17:00:56 -0400 Message-ID: <3B0ECB0F.999B9856@linuxjedi.org> Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 17:13:51 -0400 From: "David L. Parsley" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.1-pre7 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Viro CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [CFT][PATCH] namespaces patch (2.4.5-pre6) In-Reply-To: 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 Alexander Viro wrote: > > Folks, new version of the patch is on > ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/viro/namespaces-c-S5-pre6.gz > > News: > * ported to 2.4.5-pre6 > * new (cleaner) locking mechanism > * lock_super() is starting to become fs-private thing - first steps to > removing it from VFS code are done. > > Please, help with testing. I'm feeding the pieces suitable for 2.4 into > the Linus' tree, so patch got smaller. OK, at the risk of asking a Stupid Question (tm), what exactly does the namespaces patch buy us? From the viewpoint of an integrator/system admin? I'd happily check it out if I thought it would solve any of the problems I regularly see. regards, David -- David L. Parsley Network Administrator, Roanoke College "If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton