Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:49:22 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] devfs API |
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Ryan Anderson wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 05:19:42PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote: > > During the last couple of weeks I'd done a lot of digging in > > devfs-related code. Results are interesting, and not in a good sense. > > >From an outsider point of view (and because nobody else responded), I > think the big question here would be: Would you use it after this > cleanup? > > If you say yes, I'd say that's a good sign in its favor.
The only way I'll use devfs is * on a separate testbox devoid of network interfaces * with no users * with no data - disk periodically populated from image on CD.
And that's regardless of that cleanup - fixing the interface doesn't solve the internal races, so...
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