Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Getting IOCTL's into VFS File System Drivers | Date | Thu, 11 Nov 1999 01:39:39 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> extend the VFS to do the same types of things, it would mean Linux would > only need a single set of "generic" file system repair, defrag, and > backup/restore utilities that would work with all the FS drivers in > Linux.
We've got a set. They run specific back ends as needed. For example the e3fsck I have right now is /bin/true 8)
What you do on a disk problem is policy. Official unix religion #1 is that policy goes in user space
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