linux-kernel - Re: bug in nfs in 2.6.18-rc5?

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Date:	Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:33:46 -0400
From:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Shaya Potter <spotter@...columbia.edu>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	unionfs@....cs.sunysb.edu
Subject: Re: bug in nfs in 2.6.18-rc5?

On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 17:26 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 12:03:50PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > If we're to provide the ability for unionfs to use lookup_one_len() on
> > NFS, then we will have to error out whenever we hit a case where we
> > should be creating a new mountpoint. Is that acceptable?
> 
> Not at all.  unionfs will have to pass down proper lookup intents.
> The ecryptfs developers have started looking into making that work
> with stackable filesystems, and the unionfs developers should follow
> that effort.

Good. I fully agree that this is preferable.

Cheers,
  Trond

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