Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:42:46 +0100 | From | Alexander Holler <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/5] WIP: Add syscall unlinkat_s (currently x86* only) |
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Am 04.02.2015 um 13:22 schrieb Alexander Holler: > Am 04.02.2015 um 13:07 schrieb Lukáš Czerner: > >> The fact is that the current patches are useless for anything other >> than proof-of-concept. Now you know more that needs to be done or > > That's wrong. The patches already work. If you delete a file which isn't > in use by something else, the current contents will be wiped on > traditional harddrives. I assume that already fulfills more than 50% of > use cases of ordinary people. > >> thought about, but if you're not willing to do the work, then please >> stop complaining about "high towers". I am not a maintainer and I >> thinks that the feedback you've got is entirely reasonable. Take it >> as you will. >> >> One more thing, can I ask you what were your expectations when >> posting those patches ? > > I've posted them for other users which are happy with what I've > explained above. Besides requesting an API which makes such a simple > solution, in contrast to the the 's' bit, possible.
To be more precise: How do you add something like EXT2_IOC_[SG[ETFLAGS to vfat or one of the dozens other filesystems which don't know about linux-specific flags? I don't see a way to do that, so there's only unlinkat() left.
Alexander Holler
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