Re: [malware-list] TALPA - a threat model? well sorta.

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Thu Aug 14 2008 - 16:21:19 EST


On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 03:41:11PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> We do need a standardized way of enabling it (since it does cost you
> something in performance, so not everyone will want it on), and a
> standardized way of reading i_version out to userspace. Maybe a mount
> option is the right way to do it, maybe not.
>
> We may want to take this to the linux-fs list and try to get
> agreements on these points; the main reason why it's not enabled by
> default in ext4 is because the NFSv4 advanced caching code is in
> common use (is it even in mainline)?

I have not yet seen code actually using it at all, neither in mainline
nor on one of the many nfs development lists.

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