linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.35

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Message-ID: <20100803094940.GC31096@basil.fritz.box>
Date:	Tue, 3 Aug 2010 11:49:40 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.35

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 07:28:23PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> OK, vfs-scale-working branch now has commits to enable rcu-walk aware
> d_revalidate, permission, and check_acl in the filesystems, and
> implements a basic rcu-walk aware scheme for generic/posix acls and

Cool. I was just looking at that.

> I was under the impression that ACLs on directories are not that common,
> so maybe this is as far as we need to go for now anyway.

Yes it shouldn't be common normally. I think the common case for distros
is just a few ACLs in /dev. Of course you never know for 
specific end user workloads.

-Andi
-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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