Nikita Danilov wrote:As you see, ext2 code already has multiple file "plugins", with persistent "plugin id" (stored in i_mode field of on-disk struct ext2_inode).Aha! So here's another question: Is it fair to ask Reiser4 to make its plugins generic, or should we be asking ext2/3 first?
Doesn't iptables have plugins? Maybe we should make them generic so other packet filters can use them ;)
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