[RFC][PATCH] (#4) auditfs

Timothy R. Chavez chavezt at gmail.com
Thu Feb 24 19:33:55 UTC 2005


On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:39:59 -0800, Chris Wright <chrisw at osdl.org> wrote:
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> I'd not submit something with known glaring issues, so whether it's
> the fixed #4 (intermdiary or whatever), or #5, at least make sure it's
> as clean as possible.  I'd also make sure that locking is correct, and
> that you've cared for refcounting things properly in the case of umount,
> for example (IOW, look out for the things that inotify got wrong).
> 
> Perhaps one thing that would help is a succinct explanation of why
> inotify is insufficient, because with dnotify being marginal functional
> yet merged, inotify being worked on and this, all overlapping, the
> obvious questions will be around consolidating work.  In fact, something
> that clearly states the requirements would be a good starting point.
> 
> Sorry I haven't had much time to review this lately ;-(

Right.  So I'll hold off on the last feature and just continue with
what I'm currently doing.  I'll also spend some time writing an
abstract that incorporates your's and Stephen's suggestions.  I'll
submit the patch and abstract for review to linux-audit.  Thanks

> 
> thanks,
> -chris
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