lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  john-users  owl-users  popa3d-users  /  xvendor  oss-security  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
This website is powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux security-enhanced OS
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [month] [year] [list] 
Date:	Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:56:45 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Multiple mount protection

> It was mentioned before but deserves mentioning again that this will
> be an optional feature, mostly for use on SANs, iSCSI, etc where a disk
> might be accessed by multiple nodes at the same time.  That means there
> will not be any impact for desktop users waiting 10s for each of their
> filesystems to mount.

A safety feature that is optional? Doesn't sound very safe to me.
If the safety is needed it should be probably default, otherwise
it isn't needed.

-Andi
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Hosted by DataForce ISP - Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux