Re: [security]: kernel ioctl()'s [2]
H.J. Lu (hjl@lucon.org)
Fri, 2 Jul 1999 15:45:12 -0700 (PDT)
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> Chris Evans writes:
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> > Oh yeah. So, question, what's the ext2_i.i_version used by?
> > I suppose I withdraw my objection to letting users set it!
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> The NFS server is supposed to use i_version. Don't think of
> i_version as a file version like VMS has. The BSD name, i_gen,
> more accurately indicates that this is a generation number.
The fixed knfsd does use ext2_i.i_version. Don't touch it.
H.J.
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