linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] notification tree

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Date:	Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:34:31 -0700
From:	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] notification tree - try 37!

On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 11:58:39AM -0400, Eric Paris wrote:
> Here it is again!  Another notification pull request!  There is still
> future work to be done on notification, but nothing that I believe
> others would call blocking or functional.  The work I plan to do
> includes:
> 
> 1) Al has discussed the addition of a file_clone() call in the VFS which
> would eliminate my use of __dentry_open() and would allow the removal of
> the rather hideous FMODE_/O_NONOTIFY.

I did a quick search and can't find a mailing list post on this. Was
it a private discussion or is there something I can read about what
file_clone() will do?

Cheers,
	-Matt Helsley
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