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SubjectRe: [PATCH] in-core AFS multiplexor and PAG support
On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 05:03:17PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 04:39:20PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> > (3) AFS multiplexor support. Not complete at the moment, but implemented far
> > enough to provide access to the PAG mechanism. Further patches will be
> > forthcoming to make this fully functional.
>
> This is broken. Please add individual syscalls instead of yet another broken
> multiplexer.

AFS is annoying and painful no matter how you look at it. :/

But I don't think 90+ new syscalls is the answer, even for 2.7.

File this under "design mistake we must live with", much like
ioctl(2) itself.

Jeff



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