linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] overlay filesystem: request for inclusion

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CAOJsxLHGw_33KzXnRdi-YbR8R2Weeg=9vb+8KucajkZgW2Y8NA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 4 Aug 2011 15:58:52 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, apw@...onical.com, nbd@...nwrt.org,
	neilb@...e.de, hramrach@...trum.cz, jordipujolp@...il.com,
	ezk@....cs.sunysb.edu, ricwheeler@...il.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
	hpj@...la.net, sedat.dilek@...glemail.com, mszeredi@...e.cz,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] overlay filesystem: request for inclusion

Hi Miklos,

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:
> Al, Linus and all interested parties,
>
> Here's the latest version of overlayfs.
>
>  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs.git overlayfs.v11
>
> I think it's been merge-ready for some time and has gotten a fair
> amount of attention and testing from various parties.  Yet,
> apparently, it isn't getting closer to being merged.

I'm not commenting on the code but as I've mentioned privately, we're
really interested in seeing this merged for tools/kvm. We've been able
to use overlayfs to turn host filesystem into copy-on-write guest
image that's booted through 9p. So if overlayfs is merged, we'll
definitely use it.

                        Pekka
--
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/