linux-kernel - Re: [fuse-devel] [PATCH 00/25] move handling of setuid/gid bits from VFS into individual setattr functions (RESEND)

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Date:	Wed, 8 Aug 2007 22:05:13 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
	codalist@...EMANN.coda.cs.cmu.edu, cluster-devel@...hat.com,
	jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	mikulas@...ax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, xfs@....sgi.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wli@...omorphy.com,
	joel.becker@...cle.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
	fuse-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, jffs-dev@...s.com,
	user-mode-linux-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
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	linux-cifs-client@...ts.samba.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
	bfennema@...con.csc.calpoly.edu
Subject: Re: [fuse-devel] [PATCH 00/25] move handling of setuid/gid bits from
 VFS into individual setattr functions (RESEND)


On Aug 8 2007 09:48, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:54:03 -0400
>> > Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> > Is there any way in which we can prevent these problems?  Say
>> > 
>> > - rename something so that unconverted filesystems will reliably fail to
>> >   compile?
>> > 
>> 
>> I suppose we could rename the .setattr inode operation to something
>> else, but then we'll be stuck with it for at least a while. That seems
>> sort of kludgey too...
>
>Sure.  We're changing the required behaviour of .setattr.  Changing its
>name is a fine and reasonably reliable way to communicate that fact.

Maybe ->chattr/->chgattr?


	Jan
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