Am 22.06.2010 01:04, schrieb sf...@users.sourceforge.net: > Thomas Sachau: >> if it is meaningless to non-gresec kernel sources and does not harm them,= >> i see no reason against >> supporting pax/grsec kernel sources. it would make life easier for those = >> users, while everyone else >> would not be harmed, right? > > Hmm, the behaviour of aufs doen't change after patching actually, but I > don't think it is truely harmless. Because, > - the patch is messy and the code will be hard to read and understand. > - the original simple assignment will be an "indirect assignment" via > pointer. It MAY be a runtime overhead. But it should be minor and the > clever compiler optimization MAY throw it away. > - as a general policy, I am developing (and providing) aufs under > vanilla kernel. I don't want put code which is specific to > non-standard module. > > I hope you would agree that the patch will not be merged. > > > J. R. Okajima >
I can accept your decision. Since i maintain the ebuild for aufs2 for Gentoo, i plan to use the patch there and hope, you are willing and able to help with any issues, that come with it. -- Thomas Sachau Gentoo Linux Developer
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