linux-ext4 - Re: [Resubmit][PATCH 5/5] Secure Deletion and Trash-Bin Support for Ext4

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Date:	Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:48:53 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Resubmit][PATCH 5/5] Secure Deletion and Trash-Bin Support for Ext4

On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 08:22:28PM -0600, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> Al Viro will love that one.  :-)
> 
> Another idea might be to store those attribute flags in the generic
> inode.

Yeah, that's really the right answer.  Having a common way of storing
attributes in struct kstat (and notified via struct iattr and
notify_change) is the right way for us to store some of these
filesystem-common flags, and would make a huge amount of sense.

I don't really view ths secure deletion and trash-bin support as
really being an ext4 feature, but really a generic feature which can
enhance multiple filesystems *including* ext4.  So it would be really
good idea to give these patches an airing on linux-fsdevel and
linux-kernel.

Regards,

						- Ted
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