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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:58:02 -0500 From: Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org> To: Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de> Cc: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Copy on write hard links? On Wed, 25 September 2013 16:28:53 +0200, Thomas Meyer wrote: > > I wonder how hard it would be to implement this on vfs layer? As an ugly hack: a few weeks maybe. Did it back in 2005 or so. If you have higher standards, you will need support from the underlying filesystem. Especially in order to make copying a large file on slow storage anything but a nightmare. Jörn -- When in doubt, use brute force. -- Ken Thompson -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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