linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/38] fallthru: ext2 fallthru support

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Message-ID: <17214.1282183400@jrobl>
Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:03:20 +0900
From:	"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>
To:	7eggert@....de
Cc:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, jack@...e.cz, agruen@...e.de,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, jblunck@...e.de, hch@...radead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	tytso@....edu, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/38] fallthru: ext2 fallthru support


Bodo Eggert:
> Do a hardlink if you can create a hard link, otherwise use a fresh inode
> and use that for the next hardlink(s).

Exactly.
That's the approach aufs takes for whiteout and its brothers.


J. R. Okajima
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