linux-kernel - [PATCH 00/10] Assorted fixes/enhancements for overlayfs

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Date:	Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:50:27 +1000
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 00/10] Assorted fixes/enhancements for overlayfs

Hi Miklos,
 following are an assortment of suggested changes for overlayfs for
 your consideration.
 They pass some light testing.

Thanks,
NeilBrown


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NeilBrown (10):
      ovl: small optimisation for ovl_lookup
      ovl: minimal remount support.
      ovl: use correct seek function for directories.
      ovl: initialise is_real before use.
      ovl: make sure fsync is never called on the lower filesystem.
      ovl: rename ovl_fill_cache to ovl_dir_read
      ovl: add initial revalidate support
      VFS: tiny optimisation in open_other handling.
      VFS: Remove read-only checks from dentry_permission
      ovl: Assorted updates to Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt


 Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt |   41 ++++---
 fs/namei.c                              |   15 ---
 fs/open.c                               |    2 
 fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.c                |  186 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)

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