Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4

[Hans Reiser]

Linus Torvalds wrote:

> For example, it's likely that most filesystems would _not_ allow linking 
> of a named stream anywhere else.
Why?  It is just a file that inherits its stat data and is referenced by 
a concatenation method of its parent directory.  The link will also 
inherit its stat data from the original parent directory.

> And you might not be able to change the 
> permissions or date on the named stream either, since it may or may not 
> have a separate date/permission thing from the container.
>  
You should be able to change the permission and data, but when you 
change it, you change it for the whole container.
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