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Message-ID: <20070927232857.GA12049@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:28:57 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	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 Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 07:19:27PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> Would you accept a patch which causes the deprecated sysfs
> files/directories to disappear, even if CONFIG_SYS_DEPRECATED is
> defined, via a boot-time parameter?

How about a mount option?  That way people can test without a reboot:

mount -o remount,deprecated={yes,no} /sys

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operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
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