Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] Revamp the attribute system; another round

Brandon Williams [off-list ref] writes:

At least v3 gets the attribute system to a state where further
improvements should be relatively easy to make.  And now as long as each
thread has a unique attr_check structure, multiple callers can exist
inside the attribute system at the same time.  There is still more work
to be done on it though.  Still my biggest complaint is the "direction"
aspect of the system.  I would love to also eliminate that as global
state at some point though I'm not sure how at this point.

We are in agreement 100% ;-) The "direction" was the last thorn I
was fighting with (without successfully coming up with a usable
solution) when I stopped working on my original series before Stefan
took it over.