Re: [PATCH 1/5] WIP: Add syscall unlinkat_s (currently x86* only)

[Alexander Holler]

Am 04.02.2015 um 13:22 schrieb Alexander Holler:
> Am 04.02.2015 um 13:07 schrieb Lukáš Czerner:
>
> > The fact is that the current patches are useless for anything other
> > than proof-of-concept. Now you know more that needs to be done or
>
> That's wrong. The patches already work. If you delete a file which isn't
> in use by something else, the current contents will be wiped on
> traditional harddrives. I assume that already fulfills more than 50% of
> use cases of ordinary people.
>
> > thought about, but if you're not willing to do the work, then please
> > stop complaining about "high towers". I am not a maintainer and I
> > thinks that the feedback you've got is entirely reasonable. Take it
> > as you will.
> >
> > One more thing, can I ask you what were your expectations when
> > posting those patches ?
>
> I've posted them for other users which are happy with what I've
> explained above. Besides requesting an API which makes such a simple
> solution, in contrast to the the 's' bit, possible.

To be more precise: How do you add something like EXT2_IOC_[SG[ETFLAGS 
to vfat or one of the dozens other filesystems which don't know about 
linux-specific flags? I don't see a way to do that, so there's only 
unlinkat() left.

Alexander Holler



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