On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
> Hello!
>
> > OK, what about the following:
> >
> > a) ->fcntl() is _always_ sock_no_fcntl().
>
> The question is strange. Does fcntl() hurt you? Who did tell you that
> it is not used by some propriate modules? Or fcntl() is prohibited
> for export? Why then is it present in fops? If method already exists,
> there are no reasons to delete it.
>
> [ "Lomat -- ne stroit". Do you understand? 8) ]
>
> It would be better, if you audited things which are _not_ passed
> to socket layer by mistake and added methods for them.
Sorry, but that's completely insane. file_operations did change in past
and will change in future. If something is not needed by 3rd-party code -
fine, less pain if we'll have to change it. "Export everything just in
case" is bloody bad default.
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