On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 11:46:23PM +0300, Szabolcs Szakacsits wrote: > It was last year: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------> > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:00:52 +0300 (MET DST) > From: Szakacsits Szabolcs <szaka@xxxxxxxxx> > To: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: ntfs kernel module > > [...] > > > the kernel driver is "safer". > > I'm not sure. It's true that its functionality is very limited (ntfs-3g > also supports read-only mounts of course) but > > - unlike ntfs-3g, the kernel driver isn't quality tested > > - I've fixed many problems in the NTFS code base which could also > exist in the kernel driver. One of the most serious bugs I > remember was freeing memory in truncate() which could be modified > later on (random memory corruptions). > > [...] > <----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doesn't ring any bells. If the attribution of "safer" was something I said, I'm not entirely sure what I was thinking at the time. Given the heritage of ntfs-3g, it's clearly untrue, and I agree with your comments. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
