> simplicity and ramfs with limits is quite a bit less complex than
> shmfs. Of course, ramfs without limits is even simpler which is, I
> believe, why Linus didn't merge the patch in the first place.
Ramfs without limits is useless. It doesn't provide any guidance to an fs
implementor about error handling. Its _too_ simple.
Alan
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