From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 23 13:46:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3775316A400 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:46:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9CBE13C465 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:46:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p54A56C92.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.108.146]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50C4E2E357; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:46:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7B807DD9E; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:46:24 +0100 (CET) Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id m1NDkNva079902; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:46:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from ADijon-259-1-40-112.w90-33.abo.wanadoo.fr (ADijon-259-1-40-112.w90-33.abo.wanadoo.fr [90.33.107.112]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:46:23 +0100 Message-ID: <20080223144623.p2xcexyu0wcgwskk@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:46:23 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Andriy Gapon References: <200802230750.m1N7o2qv066693@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200802230750.m1N7o2qv066693@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.5) / FreeBSD-8.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-14.7, required 6, BAYES_00 -15.00, MR_NOT_ATTRIBUTED_IP 0.20, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/73777: [linux] [patch] linux emulation: root dir special handling useless and harmful X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:46:41 -0000 Quoting Andriy Gapon (from Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:50:02 GMT): > Well, I think that the issue described in this PR still holds. > On the other hand, I now think that some people might still prefer > current behavior over what I suggest. There could be some POLA concerns too. > Another concern is that now the code is common to all emulation, so it's > not linux specific anymore. > In any case, I am attaching a patch that I currently use. I see benefits in both. What about making the behavior dependand on a sysctl? This would have a much higher chance to enter the tree (default = POLA). Bye, Alexander. -- Life sucks, but death doesn't put out at all. -- Thomas J. Kopp http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137