On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 12:10 +0100, Richard Braun wrote: > On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 05:21:29PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 00:46 +0100, Richard Braun wrote: > > > I understand the point. But calling file_getcontrol() on the upper-level > > > node won't allow us to update the options of the trivfs translator AIUI. > > > Isn't there a way to do that without being root ? > > > > Yes it will; it will give you the fsys handle for the active translator: > > the trivfs translator here; then you can call fsys_* on it. > > I see, but it's not what fsysopts does anyway : it first calls > file_name_lookup() to get a handle on the node and then > file_getcontrol() on this handle. There is no way to make this call > on the parent using fsysopts, is there ?
I don't know. I agree completely that there is a bug, just that changing trivfs seems like the wrong thing. I think fsysopts should try both ways to get the handle, since either one might work and not the other. Thomas
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