[VFS changes] (2.3.51)

2000-03-10 Thread Alexander Viro
1) ->read_super() called with lock already taken. 2) module reference counter is taken care of in VFS. Forget about MOD_{INC.DEC}_USE_COUNT crap in ->{read,put}_super(). 3) get_fs_type() taken out of the export list. If somebody wants it back - fine, but I'ld rather _not_ d

the last remaining patches to support stacking modules (for 2.3.49)

2000-03-10 Thread Erez Zadok
Linus, Here are the last remaining kernel patches to support stacking, at least up to 2.3.49. As you can see, it's very small, passive stuff. Hopefully you can include it soon. I didn't include a full lofs with this patch, b/c more VFS changes are coming up soon, which will definitely require

Re: [Announce] VFS changes (2.3.51-1)

2000-03-10 Thread Alexander Viro
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Erez Zadok wrote: > Thanks Al. > > VFS changes are important to any F/S developer, but even more important to > me since my stackable templates must behave like both a lower-level F/S and > a VFS. Ion and I updated our templates to 2.3.49 just a couple of days ago, > tak

Re: [Announce] VFS changes (2.3.51-1)

2000-03-10 Thread Erez Zadok
Thanks Al. VFS changes are important to any F/S developer, but even more important to me since my stackable templates must behave like both a lower-level F/S and a VFS. Ion and I updated our templates to 2.3.49 just a couple of days ago, taking into account the previous set of VFS changes. I wa