On Iau, 2003-05-08 at 20:43, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > you can write a stackable filesystem on linux, too and intercept any
> > I/O request. You just have to do it through a sane interface, mount
> > and not by patching the syscall table - which you can do under
> > windows either. (at least not as part of the public API).
>
> So when I register my filesystem, can I indicate that I want to be
> layered over top of the ext3 driver and get control anytime someone
> mounts an ext3 fileystem, so I can decide whether the volume being
> mounted is one that I want to intercept open/read/write requests for?
That would assume you had a right to dictate that the administrator
couldnt mount other file systems without your stacking.
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