Re: reiser4 plugins

Hans Reiser
2005-07-05T22:08:30Z

Hubert Chan wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:06:19 -0500, David Masover <ninja@slaphack.com> said:
>
>
>
>>Hubert Chan wrote:
>>
>>
>
>
>
>>>The main thing blocking file-as-dir is that there are some
>>>locking(IIRC?) issues. And, of course, some people wouldn't want it
>>>to be merged into the mainline kernel. (Of course, the latter
>>>doesn't prevent Namesys from maintaining their own patches for people
>>>to play around with.)
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>>What's the locking issue? I think that was more about transactions...
>>
>>
>
>It was whatever was Al Viro's (technical) complaint about file-as-dir.
>I don't remember exactly what it was. The technical people know what it
>is (and the Namesys guys are probably working on it), and the exact
>issue doesn't concern us non-technical people that much, so I don't feel
>like looking it up. But if you want to, just look for Al Viro's message
>in this thread.
>
>
>
Cycle detection when hard links to directories are allowed. There is a
debate over whether cycle detection is feasible that can only be
resolved by working code or a formal proof that it is not
computationally feasible.

Hans