Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM

[Andrew Morton]

Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 07:50:20PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > 
> > So I still have the rt-lsm patch floating about, saying "merge me, merge
> > me!".  I'm not sure that the world would end were I to do so.
> > 
> > Consider this a prod in the direction of those who were pushing
> > alternatives ;)
> 
> It's still a really bad idea.

It solves a real problem and is well encapsulated.  The world won't end if
we merge it.

Still.  My point is: we're still awaiting anything better and thei is just
hanging around and hanging around.

>  You let the magic gid for oracle hugetlb
> patch go in with that reasonsing

Which continues to cause zero problems.

> now ew have relatime-lsm,

Not yet.

> next we
> $CAPABILITY for $FOO and we're headed straight to interface-hell.

"interface hell"?  Wow.

Still.  It seems to be what we deserve if all that fancy stuff we have
cannot address this very simple and very real-world problem.

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