linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] cross rename

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Message-ID: <524F5625.4080807@mit.edu>
Date:	Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:58:29 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
CC:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	hch@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
	zab@...hat.com, jack@...e.cz, tytso@....edu, mszeredi@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] cross rename

On 10/01/2013 09:00 AM, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> This series adds a new syscall, renameat2(), which is the same as renameat() but
> with a flags argument.  Internally i_op->reaname2() is also added, which can
> later be merged with ->rename() but is kept separately for now, since this would
> just blow up this patch without helping review.

How hard would it be to also add RENAME_NOREPLACE that fails if the
destination already exists?

IMO this would get rid of the last sane use of hard links (link + unlink
to simulate non-clobbering rename), and it would be nice on filesystems
that don't have hard links.

Windows has supported this since Windows 98, IIRC (using MoveFileEx).

--Andy

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