* Olaf van der Spek <olafvds...@gmail.com> schrieb: > > renames on open files, as they're also identified by the filename. > > Not true. Renaming a running executable works just fine, for example.
Well, has been quite a while since I last used Windows, but IIRC renaming an running executable was denied. > >> > Why not designing an new (overlay'ing) filesystem for that ? > >> > >> Increased complexity, lower performance, little benefit. > > > > Why that ? Currently applications (try to) implement that all on > > their own, which needs great efforts for multiprocess synchronization. > > Having that in a little fileserver eases this sychronization and > > moves the complexity to a single point. > > I mean compared to implementing it properly in the kernel. Doing it in the kernel would be fine (maybe DLM could be used here), but would be a nonportable solution for quite a long time ;-o cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weig...@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101231160803.gc10...@nibiru.local
