From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 28 08:35:35 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 C05FB1065670 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:35:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from falcon.cybervisiontech.com (falcon.cybervisiontech.com [217.20.163.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CB798FC1F for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:35:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by falcon.cybervisiontech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8057074400D; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:35:34 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at falcon.cybervisiontech.com Received: from falcon.cybervisiontech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (falcon.cybervisiontech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10027) with ESMTP id 3FEAZmiGQMM0; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:35:34 +0200 (EET) Received: from [91.193.172.111] (unknown [91.193.172.111]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by falcon.cybervisiontech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEA2974400A; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:35:33 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <47C67251.4060406@icyb.net.ua> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:35:29 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071208) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Leidinger References: <200802230750.m1N7o2qv066693@freefall.freebsd.org> <20080223144623.p2xcexyu0wcgwskk@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20080223144623.p2xcexyu0wcgwskk@webmail.leidinger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:35:35 -0000 on 23/02/2008 15:46 Alexander Leidinger said the following: > 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). That's a great idea! I'll work on this. -- Andriy Gapon