linux-kernel - Re: Hardlink Pitfalls (was: Patches for REALLY TINY 386 kernels)

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:10:49 +0200
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
To:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
Cc:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>,
	Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Hardlink Pitfalls (was: Patches for REALLY TINY 386 kernels)

On Mon, 16 July 2007 20:23:04 +0300, Al Boldi wrote:
> Jörn Engel wrote:
> 
> > The only place that can ensure to always break the
> > link is the kernel.  Which is why I wrote the cowlink patches some years
> > back.
> 
> Can you post a patch against 2.6.22?

I can and probably will.

> > The still need a lot of love to be merge-ready.  But I do use them on a
> > daily basis.
> 
> Well, if the patch is lean and optional and runtime configurable, then they 
> should definitely be considered for inclusion.

Lean is not the word I would choose.  It works.  For me.  That is about
as much praise as it deserves.

Jörn

-- 
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, but
not tried it.
-- Donald Knuth
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