Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-28 Thread Arjan van de Ven
On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 06:14 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 07:59:42PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 08:07 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > > > > Another question: is the SDD module even available for mainline kernels, > > > > or is it only

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-28 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 06:14:46AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > In my experience, the only way to get exports into a major distribution > is to get them into mainline kernel.org. If you can get Red Hat to > change its stance on this, works for me! That's not the point. You're trying to let

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-28 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 07:59:42PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 08:07 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > > Another question: is the SDD module even available for mainline kernels, > > > or is it only available for distribution kernels ? > > > > Distributions only. >

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-28 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 07:59:42PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 08:07 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: Another question: is the SDD module even available for mainline kernels, or is it only available for distribution kernels ? Distributions only. don't you

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-28 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 06:14:46AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: In my experience, the only way to get exports into a major distribution is to get them into mainline kernel.org. If you can get Red Hat to change its stance on this, works for me! That's not the point. You're trying to let us

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-28 Thread Arjan van de Ven
On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 06:14 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 07:59:42PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 08:07 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: Another question: is the SDD module even available for mainline kernels, or is it only available for

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Arjan van de Ven
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 08:07 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > Another question: is the SDD module even available for mainline kernels, > > or is it only available for distribution kernels ? > > Distributions only. don't you think it's a bit weird/offensive to ask for exports in the mainline

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 10:01:00AM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 10:58 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 08:36:22PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 14:16 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: > > > > > (you may think "it's only

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Al Viro
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:55:04AM +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:51:31AM +, Al Viro wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:43:08AM +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > o vfs_follow_link(): used to interpret symbolic links, which > > > > might

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:51:31AM +, Al Viro wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:43:08AM +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > o vfs_follow_link(): used to interpret symbolic links, which > > > might point outside of SAN Filesystem. > > > > This one is going away very soon, including the

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Al Viro
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:43:08AM +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > o vfs_follow_link(): used to interpret symbolic links, which > > might point outside of SAN Filesystem. > > This one is going away very soon, including the whole old-style > ->follow_link support - for technical reasons.

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Christoph Hellwig
> o vfs_follow_link(): used to interpret symbolic links, which > might point outside of SAN Filesystem. This one is going away very soon, including the whole old-style ->follow_link support - for technical reasons. Please convert your driver to put the contents of the symlink into ...

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Arjan van de Ven
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 10:58 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 08:36:22PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 14:16 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: > > > > (you may think "it's only 100 bytes", well, there are 700+ other such > > > > functions, total that

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Arjan van de Ven
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 10:58 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 08:36:22PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 14:16 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: (you may think it's only 100 bytes, well, there are 700+ other such functions, total that makes over at

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Christoph Hellwig
o vfs_follow_link(): used to interpret symbolic links, which might point outside of SAN Filesystem. This one is going away very soon, including the whole old-style -follow_link support - for technical reasons. Please convert your driver to put the contents of the symlink into ... and

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Al Viro
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:43:08AM +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: o vfs_follow_link(): used to interpret symbolic links, which might point outside of SAN Filesystem. This one is going away very soon, including the whole old-style -follow_link support - for technical reasons. Not

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:51:31AM +, Al Viro wrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:43:08AM +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: o vfs_follow_link(): used to interpret symbolic links, which might point outside of SAN Filesystem. This one is going away very soon, including the whole

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Al Viro
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:55:04AM +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:51:31AM +, Al Viro wrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:43:08AM +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: o vfs_follow_link(): used to interpret symbolic links, which might point outside

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 10:01:00AM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 10:58 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 08:36:22PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 14:16 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: (you may think it's only 100 bytes,

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-26 Thread Arjan van de Ven
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 08:07 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: Another question: is the SDD module even available for mainline kernels, or is it only available for distribution kernels ? Distributions only. don't you think it's a bit weird/offensive to ask for exports in the mainline

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-25 Thread Andrew Morton
"Paul E. McKenney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, could the exports for the following symbols from the list please be > retained through December 31, 2005? > > blk_get_queue > sock_setsockopt > vfs_follow_link > __read_lock_failed > __write_lock_failed I don't

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-25 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 08:36:22PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 14:16 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: > > > (you may think "it's only 100 bytes", well, there are 700+ other such > > > functions, total that makes over at least 70Kb of unswappable, wasted > > > memory if not

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-25 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 08:36:22PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 14:16 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: (you may think it's only 100 bytes, well, there are 700+ other such functions, total that makes over at least 70Kb of unswappable, wasted memory if not more.)

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-25 Thread Andrew Morton
Paul E. McKenney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, could the exports for the following symbols from the list please be retained through December 31, 2005? blk_get_queue sock_setsockopt vfs_follow_link __read_lock_failed __write_lock_failed I don't think

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-15 Thread Trond Myklebust
lau den 15.01.2005 Klokka 22:35 (+0100) skreiv Adrian Bunk: > My figures in [1] show, any kind of deprecation would mean _much_ extra > work within the current 2.6 development model. Whereas removal of necessary APIs would not? Thanks... Cleanups are important, but so is actual development

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-15 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 02:16:44PM -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: > ty den 11.01.2005 Klokka 09:31 (+0100) skreiv Arjan van de Ven: >... > > If it is going to take a LOT longer though I still feel it's wrong to > > bloat *everyones* kernel with this stuff. > > > > (you may think "it's only 100

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-15 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 02:16:44PM -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: ty den 11.01.2005 Klokka 09:31 (+0100) skreiv Arjan van de Ven: ... If it is going to take a LOT longer though I still feel it's wrong to bloat *everyones* kernel with this stuff. (you may think it's only 100 bytes, well,

Re: make flock_lock_file_wait static

2005-01-15 Thread Trond Myklebust
lau den 15.01.2005 Klokka 22:35 (+0100) skreiv Adrian Bunk: My figures in [1] show, any kind of deprecation would mean _much_ extra work within the current 2.6 development model. Whereas removal of necessary APIs would not? Thanks... Cleanups are important, but so is actual development