Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Jason Andryuk writes ("Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -""): > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:08 AM Jan Beulich wrote: > > I'm about to test this then, but to be honest I have no idea what > > to do with the comment. I don't think I could properly justify

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -""): > I'm about to test this then, but to be honest I have no idea what > to do with the comment. I don't think I could properly justify its > deletion in the description (beyond saying it's not really tr

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Jason Andryuk
On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:08 AM Jan Beulich wrote: > > On 25.06.2020 15:27, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Jason Andryuk writes ("Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -""): > >> I was going to just write a patch to replace - with /dev/stdin and ask >

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Jason Andryuk
On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 9:48 AM Jan Beulich wrote: > > On 25.06.2020 15:31, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -""): > >> Looking at vfs_statx() in the kernel, I can't see any provisions to > >> get

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Jan Beulich
On 25.06.2020 15:27, Ian Jackson wrote: > Jason Andryuk writes ("Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -""): >> I was going to just write a patch to replace - with /dev/stdin and ask >> Jan to test it. When I opened the script, this comment was staring at >

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Jan Beulich
On 25.06.2020 15:31, Ian Jackson wrote: > Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -""): >> Looking at vfs_statx() in the kernel, I can't see any provisions to >> get at the data without traversing the specified path. > > The que

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -""): > Looking at vfs_statx() in the kernel, I can't see any provisions to > get at the data without traversing the specified path. The question is what "traversing the path" means. How do you expla

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Jason Andryuk writes ("Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -""): > I was going to just write a patch to replace - with /dev/stdin and ask > Jan to test it. When I opened the script, this comment was staring at > me: > # We can't just stat /dev

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Jason Andryuk
On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 3:05 AM Jan Beulich wrote: > > On 25.06.2020 04:37, Jason Andryuk wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:19 PM Ian Jackson wrote: > >> > >> Jan Beulich writes ("Re: use of "stat -""): > >>> [CAUTION - EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT reply, click links, or open attachments > >>>

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Rich Persaud
On Jun 24, 2020, at 22:39, Jason Andryuk wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:19 PM Ian Jackson wrote: >> >> Jan Beulich writes ("Re: use of "stat -""): >>> [CAUTION - EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT reply, click links, or open attachments >>> unless you have verified the sender and know the content

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Jan Beulich
On 25.06.2020 04:37, Jason Andryuk wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:19 PM Ian Jackson wrote: >> >> Jan Beulich writes ("Re: use of "stat -""): >>> [CAUTION - EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT reply, click links, or open attachments >>> unless you have verified the sender and know the content is safe.

RE: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-25 Thread Paul Durrant
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Jackson > Sent: 24 June 2020 17:20 > To: Jan Beulich > Cc: Elliott Mitchell ; Andrew Cooper > ; Jason Andryuk > ; Paul Durrant ; Wei Liu ; > xen- > de...@lists.xenproject.org > Subject: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "s

Re: [XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-24 Thread Jason Andryuk
On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:19 PM Ian Jackson wrote: > > Jan Beulich writes ("Re: use of "stat -""): > > [CAUTION - EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT reply, click links, or open attachments > > unless you have verified the sender and know the content is safe. > > On 14.05.2020 13:02, Ian Jackson wrote: > >

[XEN RFC for-4.14] Re: use of "stat -"

2020-06-24 Thread Ian Jackson
Jan Beulich writes ("Re: use of "stat -""): > [CAUTION - EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT reply, click links, or open attachments > unless you have verified the sender and know the content is safe. > On 14.05.2020 13:02, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I've read this thread. Jan, I'm sorry that this causes you > >