linux-kernel - Re: A Plumber’s Wish List for Linux

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Message-ID: <14289.1318003632@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:07:12 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	lennart@...ttering.net, harald@...hat.com, david@...ar.dk,
	greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: A Plumber’s Wish List for Linux

On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:38:20 BST, Alan Cox said:

> > What do you mean would be ugly?
> 
> I have an ext4fs. It supports every possible file name allowed by POSIX
> and SuS. What name are you going to use for your 'hidden directory' that
> won't clash with a real file ?

ext4 could always use an attribute bit for that.  Not that *that* solution is all that
much prettier, since you can't use it for filesystems that don't have attribute bits.

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