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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:19:48 +0530 From: "Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> To: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...cle.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, "adilger\@sun.com" <adilger@....com>, "corbet\@lwn.net" <corbet@....net>, "npiggin\@kernel.dk" <npiggin@...nel.dk>, "hooanon05\@yahoo.co.jp" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>, "bfields\@fieldses.org" <bfields@...ldses.org>, "miklos\@szeredi.hu" <miklos@...redi.hu>, "linux-fsdevel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, "sfrench\@us.ibm.com" <sfrench@...ibm.com>, "philippe.deniel\@CEA.FR" <philippe.deniel@....FR>, "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH -V18 04/13] vfs: Allow handle based open on symlinks On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:06:04 +1000, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de> wrote: > [[ Following this approach I would like to avoid any filehandle-specific > syscalls altogether. > Just use a *at syscall with AT_FILE_HANDLE for filehandle lookup, and use > getxattr('system:linux.file_handle') to get the filehandle for a given path. > > Ofcourse we would need to at *at versions of the *xattr syscalls, but that is > probably a good idea anyway. > ]] sys_setxattrat would take 7 arguments. -aneesh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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