to den 06.10.2005 Klokka 18:59 (+0100) skreiv Jamie Lokier:
> > Intents are there in order to allow the filesystem to determine which
> > operation is calling lookup so that it can optimise for that particular
> > operation.
>
> I think Miklos' point is that it's not an "optimisation" because it's
> not optional. Optimisations are things where if you don't do them,
> the behaviour is still correct but slower.
>
> As far as I can tell from this discussion, the atomic lookup+create is
> a non-optional requirement.
By that definition, intents have _never_ been optional. NFSv3/v4 O_EXCL
creates have never worked correctly without them.
Cheers,
Trond
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
