linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: Move attribute flags into non __KERNEL_

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Message-ID: <20111217182955.GX2203@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:29:55 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Move attribute flags into non __KERNEL__ space

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 07:14:26PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:

> > It's a 9P bug; fix it there.  Turning random internal constants into a part
> > of ABI is not going to work.
> 
> I guess we would need to define them at the protocol level then. 
> Something like f88657ce3f9713a0c62101dffb0e972a979e77b9. 

The question is which ones make sense at the protocol level...
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