On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>> What, exactly, would you use this for?  Path->vnode bindings are ephemeral 
>> and
>> cannot be relied on for much without introducing security holes.
>
> There are applications where:
>
> 1- You might want to provide the path name in a log message for informational 
> purposes.
>
> 2- Record the path name for future use.

I think that the original poster hat something like "access control" in 
his mind (after looking at the webpage), applying per-path rules based on 
(open) files.

I have no idea how that relates to systrace.


  - Hubert