Re: [PATCH 1/5] WIP: Add syscall unlinkat_s (currently x86* only)

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Am 04.02.2015 um 14:06 schrieb Michael Kerrisk:
Alexander,

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Alexander Holler <holler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Am 04.02.2015 um 13:07 schrieb Lukáš Czerner:

The fact is that the current patches are useless for anything other
than proof-of-concept. Now you know more that needs to be done or


That's wrong. The patches already work. If you delete a file which isn't in
use by something else, the current contents will be wiped on traditional
harddrives. I assume that already fulfills more than 50% of use cases of
ordinary people.

You are getting various feedback from people, that you seem to be ignoring.

I'm happy for all the feedback. But it doesn't help me. I'm not going to spend the necessary time unpaid.
.
Al Viro, in his curmedgeonly way, points out that the problems are
much deeper than you realize. He does not say so explicitly, but I
imagine his point is that he does not want to see the kernel cluttered
with "partial" solutions that will simply increase the maintenance
burden in the long term, and leave bugs to be fixed further down the
line. You seem not to be listening.

It doesn't help me nor anyone else. As Eric Sandeen made me aware through in bug, look at http://lwn.net/Articles/462437/ what already happened.

Lukáš points out to you that getting a feature like this into the
kernel is complex process. You seem unwilling to hear that, and still
just want your partial solution.

Wrong. I don't want my partial solution to be part of the official kernel. I don't care. I offered it for other users because I'm aware that has become almost impossible for normal people to get something into the kernel without spending an unbelievable amount of time most people can't afford to spend.

I tell you that discussions of APIs should CC linux-api, which I am
now CCing into this thread, again, because, again, you're not
listening to feedback.

Please don't confuse "not listening" with "unable to fulfill Linux kernel maintainer requests".

Alexander Holler

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