hi hpa, > Wouldn't that be better handled by O_APPEND?
Possibly, but this then means that there are now two "interfaces" that specify the variable attributes. [Also, in that case we should support the same mechanism through open(); llseek(0, SEEK_END) then, right?] In general, I think the attributes-in-a-header mechanism is a little tidier than providing them in the filename. For instance, finding if a variable exists from userspace will require iterating the dentries (or trying all combinations of variables), if the attributes aren't known. However, I'm happy to implement this if it's the generally-preferred solution. Cheers, Jeremy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
