Do you mean that implementation of the getattr operation should be
mandatory, or do you mean that generic_getattr shold be called when
getattr is not implemented, like in my patch, and that generic_getattr
should be provided as a convenience function?
> 2. I think that having a wrapper around the thing (vfs_getattr()) would be
> the right thing. Just look how arch/*/* stuff does stat() emulation for
> personalities with different struct stat layout. set_fs();sys_stat();set_fs();
> and then reshuffle the stuff...<shudder>
I cannot find any stat emulation in arch/*/*. Do you have specific
examples?
/Magnus
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