Subject: Re: proposed: /usr/src/usr.bin/tcfs/*, needs gdbm, some SUID programs
To: None <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 08/21/2004 10:39:01
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On Aug 20, 2004, at 4:14 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> Perhaps you should add another system call (or an ioctl?  given that
> we're working on files, that might make much more sense) that normal
> users can perform, instead of abusing the mount syscall this way.

Not a system call, please.  I definitely prefer not adding system calls 
for file systems.

I believe LFS uses ioctls and/or fcntls on the mount point for its 
special operations now.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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