linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/22][RFC] Unionfs: Stackable Namespace Unification Filesystem

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Date:	Sun, 3 Sep 2006 15:44:56 -0400
From:	Josef Sipek <jsipek@....cs.sunysb.edu>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@...radead.org, akpm@...l.org, viro@....linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/22][RFC] Unionfs: Stackable Namespace Unification Filesystem

On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 07:42:53PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> > This set of patches constitutes Unionfs version 2.0. We are presenting it to
> >> > be reviewed and considered for inclusion into the kernel.
> >> 
> >> Small nit: is it possible to order these patches so that the kernel
> >> builds at each intermediate point (so we can use git bisect).  The
> >> easiest way to achieve this would be to do the Kconfig and Makefile
> >> updates last.
> >
> >Ideally, when Unionfs is commited into git, the whole thing would be one
> >commit - what's the point of having half of a filesystem?
> 
> So that you can eliminate e.g. locking bugs by searching in less code.

I think you misunderstood my comment. What I meant to say was that there is
_no way_ you can compile a filesystem that has only dentry ops but not
superblock ops - this would happen if you tried to bisect and you landed
half way in the series of commits for the filesystem. For the _initial_
commit one cset makes sense. For subsequent fixes one commit per fix is the
only logical thing to do.

Josef "Jeff" Sipek.

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