On 7/27/06, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dumb thought: would it make sense to add an O_CAREFUL flag to open(), to disable side effects?
Not that I don't want to be constructive, but this is something you'll likely never be able to specify with the needed level of accuray. What is careful? I can imagine all kinds ideas possible ways file systems and device drivers might want to use this. Adding a separate interface taking a file name isn't high enough a price to open such a can of worms. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
