Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:11:34 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] TMPFS: Expand "help" to explain value of TMPFS_POSIX_ACL |
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On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:10:20 -0400 (EDT) Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > Expand the fs/Kconfig "help" info to clarify why it's a bad idea to > deselect the TMPFS_POSIX_ACL config variable. > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
> --- > > diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig > index 19891aa..4217543 100644 > --- a/fs/Kconfig > +++ b/fs/Kconfig > @@ -127,14 +127,20 @@ config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL > select TMPFS_XATTR > select GENERIC_ACL > help > - POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and > - groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. > + POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support additional access rights > + for users and groups beyond the standard owner/group/world scheme, > + and this option selects support for ACLs specifically for tmpfs > + filesystems. > + > + If you've selected TMPFS, you almost certainly want this option > + as well since a number of user space features (e.g., ALSA sound) > + require POSIX ACL support under /dev to work properly. In other > + words, if you're not sure and you have no *compelling* reason to > + deselect this feature, say Y. > > To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for > Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>. > > - If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N. > - > config TMPFS_XATTR > bool "Tmpfs extended attributes" > depends on TMPFS > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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