linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] revoke/frevoke system calls V2

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Date:	Mon, 7 Aug 2006 08:42:57 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...Helsinki.FI>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...l.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	tytso@....edu, tigran@...itas.com
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] revoke/frevoke system calls V2

At some point in time, I wrote:
> > This patch implements the revoke(2) and frevoke(2) system calls for
> > all types of files. The operation is done in passes: first we replace

On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Do we need revoke()? open()+frevoke() should be fast enough, no?

Not a speed issue, open can have side effects which we might want to 
avoid. See comments from Alan and Ulrich in this thread.

				Pekka
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