Re: [PATCH 1/5] WIP: Add syscall unlinkat_s (currently x86* only)

[Alexander Holler]

Am 04.02.2015 um 13:42 schrieb Alexander Holler:
> Am 04.02.2015 um 13:22 schrieb Alexander Holler:
> > Am 04.02.2015 um 13:07 schrieb Lukáš Czerner:
> >
> > > The fact is that the current patches are useless for anything other
> > > than proof-of-concept. Now you know more that needs to be done or
> >
> > That's wrong. The patches already work. If you delete a file which isn't
> > in use by something else, the current contents will be wiped on
> > traditional harddrives. I assume that already fulfills more than 50% of
> > use cases of ordinary people.
> >
> > > thought about, but if you're not willing to do the work, then please
> > > stop complaining about "high towers". I am not a maintainer and I
> > > thinks that the feedback you've got is entirely reasonable. Take it
> > > as you will.
> > >
> > > One more thing, can I ask you what were your expectations when
> > > posting those patches ?
> >
> > I've posted them for other users which are happy with what I've
> > explained above. Besides requesting an API which makes such a simple
> > solution, in contrast to the the 's' bit, possible.
>
> To be more precise: How do you add something like EXT2_IOC_[SG[ETFLAGS
> to vfat or one of the dozens other filesystems which don't know about
> linux-specific flags? I don't see a way to do that, so there's only
> unlinkat() left.

Or to be give an actual use case, mount a (v)fat formatted usb-stick, 
-hdd or mmc, delete a file with the patches I offered, unmount it, try 
to find the contents of the deleted file at device-level (e.g. by 
grepping the partition).

Alexander Holler

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