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

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Message-ID: <84144f020703160746v73268f1erae778590e56c4274@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:46:42 +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.

On 3/16/07, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:
> It's needed for forced unmount (bits of it anyway) and
> partial-revocation in SLIM.

And btw, you do need support for tearing down mmap for device files too, right?
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