From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "hch@infradead.org" Subject: Re: fanotify as syscalls Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:58:50 -0400 Message-ID: <20090923215850.GA30818@infradead.org> References: <20090912094110.GB24709@ioremap.net> <200909221731.34717.agruen@suse.de> <200909230939.34003.tvrtko.ursulin@sophos.com> <20090923112018.GA2946@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "hch@infradead.org" , Tvrtko Ursulin , Andreas Gruenbacher , Jamie Lokier , Eric Paris , Linus Torvalds , Evgeniy Polyakov , David Miller , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk" , "alan@linux.intel.com" To: Davide Libenzi Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:52215 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750752AbZIWV7C (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:59:02 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 08:35:18AM -0700, Davide Libenzi wrote: > The fear is that this becomes a trojan horse (no pun intended) for more > and more hooks and "stuff", driven by we-really-need-this-too and > we-really-need-that-too. And once something it's in, it's harder to say no, > under the pressure of offering a "limited solution". > This ws the reason I threw the syscall tracing thing in, so they have a > low level generic hook, and they cam knock themselves out in their module > (might need a few exports, but that's about it). Replacing idiotify with a saner interface is a good goal. I just don't think we should take the stakes of the snake oil industry too serious in it.