Re: FUSE merging?

[Miklos Szeredi]

> >  > The main sticking point with FUSE remains the permission tricks around
> >  > fuse_allow_task().  AFAIK it remains the case that nobody has come up with
> >  > any better idea, so I'm inclined to merge the thing.
> > 
> >  Do you promise?
> 
> I troll.  What others think matters.  But at this stage, objections would
> need to be substantial, IMO.

Fair enough.

> We're rather deadlocked on the permission thing, but if we can't
> come up with anything better then I'm inclined to say what-the-hell.

There's no disadvantage IMO.  It adds nearly zero complexity.  If
someone doesn't like it, it can be configured out in userspace.  And
it leaves no legacy interfaces to support if later a better method is
found.

> >   I can do a resplit and submit to Linus, if that takes
> >  some load off you.
> 
> Nah, then I'd just have to check that everything is the same.

OK.

Thanks,
Miklos
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