On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:31:29 +0100 Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 05:11:19PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > It would be nice if an initial patch which introduces the new > > > functionality you need for r/o bind mounts could get introduced into > > > mainline *first*, and then people could add patches that call > > > mnt_want_write(), et. al into their trees gradually. > > > > Yes, I expect that merging a handful of do-nothing mnt_foo_write() > > functions into mainline right now would ease life. > > > > > otherwise akpm gets grumpy > > > > itym "less than usually cheery" > > Haha, > > once we put pieces in the first three patches would be useful aswell, > to easily catch additions in the next cycle that might be adding > NULL-vfsmount calls to dentry_open. hrm, well, how about putting up a complete and suitably-changelogged patch series for Linus to look at? That's be a Dave thing I guess. I wasn't overawed by the initial patch - why not make those stubs inlined to truly add zero cost?? -- 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/
