Re: [PATCH] fs: Move attribute flags into non __KERNEL__ space

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri Dec 16 2011 - 14:23:30 EST


On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 09:47:06AM +0200, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Attribute flags can be useful in userspace when working with filesystems
> such as 9p.

No, they aren't. They are kernel internal values and userspace has no
fucking business messing with them.

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