Re: [CFT][PATCH] namespaces patch (2.4.5-pre6)
Alexander Viro wrote: > > Folks, new version of the patch is on > ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/viro/namespaces-c-S5-pre6.gz > > News: > * ported to 2.4.5-pre6 > * new (cleaner) locking mechanism > * lock_super() is starting to become fs-private thing - first steps to > removing it from VFS code are done. > > Please, help with testing. I'm feeding the pieces suitable for 2.4 into > the Linus' tree, so patch got smaller. OK, at the risk of asking a Stupid Question (tm), what exactly does the namespaces patch buy us? From the viewpoint of an integrator/system admin? I'd happily check it out if I thought it would solve any of the problems I regularly see. regards, David -- David L. Parsley Network Administrator, Roanoke College "If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[CFT][PATCH] namespaces patch (2.4.5-pre6)
Folks, new version of the patch is on ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/viro/namespaces-c-S5-pre6.gz News: * ported to 2.4.5-pre6 * new (cleaner) locking mechanism * lock_super() is starting to become fs-private thing - first steps to removing it from VFS code are done. Please, help with testing. I'm feeding the pieces suitable for 2.4 into the Linus' tree, so patch got smaller. It works here(tm). It had survived rather sadistic tortu^Wtesting, but I am _very_ interested in more eyes going through the thing and more people giving it a beating. Al - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[CFT][PATCH] namespaces patch (2.4.5-pre6)
Folks, new version of the patch is on ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/viro/namespaces-c-S5-pre6.gz News: * ported to 2.4.5-pre6 * new (cleaner) locking mechanism * lock_super() is starting to become fs-private thing - first steps to removing it from VFS code are done. Please, help with testing. I'm feeding the pieces suitable for 2.4 into the Linus' tree, so patch got smaller. It works here(tm). It had survived rather sadistic tortu^Wtesting, but I am _very_ interested in more eyes going through the thing and more people giving it a beating. Al - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [CFT][PATCH] namespaces patch (2.4.5-pre6)
Alexander Viro wrote: Folks, new version of the patch is on ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/viro/namespaces-c-S5-pre6.gz News: * ported to 2.4.5-pre6 * new (cleaner) locking mechanism * lock_super() is starting to become fs-private thing - first steps to removing it from VFS code are done. Please, help with testing. I'm feeding the pieces suitable for 2.4 into the Linus' tree, so patch got smaller. OK, at the risk of asking a Stupid Question (tm), what exactly does the namespaces patch buy us? From the viewpoint of an integrator/system admin? I'd happily check it out if I thought it would solve any of the problems I regularly see. regards, David -- David L. Parsley Network Administrator, Roanoke College If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants. --Isaac Newton - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
