linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/35] Union mounts

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Message-ID: <20100421233536.GB27926@shell>
Date:	Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:35:36 -0400
From:	Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/35] Union mounts - everything but the xattrs

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 03:06:34PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 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.

Okay.

-VAL
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