On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:36:35 -0400 Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 02:35:18PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:20:20 +0200 > > Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Nothing uses prepare_write or commit_write. Remove them from the tree > > > completely. > > > > We could withdraw simple_prepare_write() too, I guess. But there's > > some risk that out-of-tree filesystems might be using it within their > > write_begin() implementations. > > So? That's their risk for beeing out of tree. Nuke it. Obviously, multiple repetition of the reasons why this is a poor idea didn't sink in, so I won't trouble you with another repetition. -- 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
