linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory

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Date:	Wed, 23 May 2007 14:54:32 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	"Ph. Marek" <philipp.marek@...v.gv.at>
Cc:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 03:23:54PM +0200, Ph. Marek wrote:
> How about some special node in eg. /proc (or a new filesystem)?
> Eg.
>    /fileAsDir/etc/passwd/owner ...
> would work for all *files*. For directories we do not know whether we're still 
> climbing the hierarchy or would like to see meta-data.

So we need to make *anything* done anywhere in the namespace to modify
the dentry tree on that fs.  Could you spell "fuck, NO"?
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