Hubert Chan wrote: >On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:06:19 -0500, David Masover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > >>Hubert Chan wrote: >> >> > > > >>>The main thing blocking file-as-dir is that there are some >>>locking(IIRC?) issues. And, of course, some people wouldn't want it >>>to be merged into the mainline kernel. (Of course, the latter >>>doesn't prevent Namesys from maintaining their own patches for people >>>to play around with.) >>> >>> > > > >>What's the locking issue? I think that was more about transactions... >> >> > >It was whatever was Al Viro's (technical) complaint about file-as-dir. >I don't remember exactly what it was. The technical people know what it >is (and the Namesys guys are probably working on it), and the exact >issue doesn't concern us non-technical people that much, so I don't feel >like looking it up. But if you want to, just look for Al Viro's message >in this thread. > > > Cycle detection when hard links to directories are allowed. There is a debate over whether cycle detection is feasible that can only be resolved by working code or a formal proof that it is not computationally feasible.
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