linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] revoke: core code

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Message-ID: <84144f020703160727lc142577racfade12ed04cfc7@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:27:55 +0200
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] revoke: core code

On 3/16/07, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> Serious question - do we actually need revoke() on a normal file ? BSD
> has never had this, SYS5 has never had this.

It's needed for forced unmount (bits of it anyway) and
partial-revocation in SLIM.
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