linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large file without options

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Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:27:48 -0400
From:	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large file	without options

On Sep 27, 2007, at 17:34:45, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:37:42PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
>> That fact that sysfs is all laid out in a directory, but for which  
>> some directories/symlinks are OK to use, and some are NOT OK to  
>> use --- is why I call the sysfs interface "an open pit".
>
> And because of the original design mistakes, we have only been able  
> to change things for the better in a slow manner.  We have had  
> userspace programs fixed up for _years_ before we are able to make  
> the corresponding changes in the kernel, so as to not break the  
> distros that are slow to upgrade packages and kernels (like Debian.)

Hey!  No poking fingers at Debian here; it's been *MUCH* improved  
lately.  I far more frequently have problems with boxes still running  
some ancient release of RHEL-4 or something than I do with those  
running Debian stable (virtually always the latest Debian stable).

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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