linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v1 03/11] fsnotify: add in inode fsnotify markings

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Date:	Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:26:30 -0500
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	hch@...radead.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, sfr@...b.auug.org.au,
	john@...nmccutchan.com, rlove@...ve.org,
	malware-list@...ts.printk.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v1 03/11] fsnotify: add in inode fsnotify markings

On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 13:57 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> <picks a patch at random>
> 
> I don't have a good sense of what value all of this work brings to
> Linux.  Why should I get excited about this?  Why is it all worth the
> time/effort/risk/etc which would be involved in getting it integrated?
> 
> All rather unclear, but very important!

I have largely taken your comments and rewritten this patch (and a
couple others) to be easier to understand and review.

current patches are at http://people.redhat.com/~eparis/fsnotify

I received some offline comments which I intend to address and will be
reposting later this week.

thank you!

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