linux-kernel - Re: [patch 02/24] perfmon: base code

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0811271202240.3325@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:23:56 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	eranian@...glemail.com
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, x86@...nel.org, andi@...stfloor.org,
	eranian@...il.com, sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: [patch 02/24] perfmon: base code

Stephane,

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, eranian@...glemail.com wrote:

> +/*
> + * pfmfs should _never_ be mounted by userland - too much of security hassle,
> + * no real gain from having the whole whorehouse mounted. So we don't need
> + * any operations on the root directory. However, we need a non-trivial
> + * d_name - pfm: will go nicely and kill the special-casing in procfs.
> + */

Can we please use anon_inodefs instead of creating a new one ? It's
exaclty for this purpose.

See fs/anon_inodes.c and fs/timerfd.c for an usage example.

Thanks,

	tglx
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