Re: 2.3: acl's?

Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Thu, 3 Jun 1999 17:39:09 +0100 (GMT)


On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Matthias Riese wrote:

> > > Now that 2.3 is out, are there any plans to integrate the ext2 ACL patch
> > > anytime soon?
> >
> > Work based on Remy Card's initial packes is ongoing at:
> > http://aerobee.informatik.uni-bremen.de/acl_eng.html
> > I think it's still a bit too alpha to see an official kernel, though.

> Up to now we did not experienced any fs corruption with the current
> patch, but we are missing feedback from other users, especially with
> heavy load and many concurrent accesses.

Sorry - didn't mean to dis' your work. Last time I looked, there were a
few todo's somewhere, I recall.

> How about inserting it as an "experimental feature"? This would perhaps
> increase the feedback?

If it's stable, I'd love to see it in 2.3.

Matthew.

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