Re: [PATCH 00/35] Union mounts - everything but the xattrs

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Apr 21 2010 - 18:07:11 EST


On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:04:07 -0700 Valerie Aurora wrote:

> This patch series implements union mounts for every system call
> except:
>
> - xattr-related calls
> - fchmod()/fchown()/futimensat() on an fd
>
> The copyup portion is a proof of concept based around union_path_nd(),
> which looks up both the target <mnt,dentry> pair and its parent's. If
> the parent is on a union mount, and the target is on a lower layer, we
> copy up the target.
>
> This patch set is very raw and could use even the most superficial
> review. Just take a look at Erez's review from December to see how
> low-hanging the fruit is on this one.
>
> -VAL


Hi VAL,

In the future, please make patches 1-N reply/refer to patch 0 instead of to
the preceding numbered patch.


thanks,
---
~Randy
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