linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] overlayfs update for 4.14

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Message-ID: <CAJfpegvK_LyL0eHbmpp=NrJMnS1i8KkPpxRtBL_zyB_n-NKg7A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Sep 2017 22:12:24 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] overlayfs update for 4.14

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:00 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> If you can't bother to try to make it act as a proper VFS thing, then
> I don't want to see patches from you to the VFS code.

I was saying that it's a bad idea to mix external and internal flags.
That was the reason the two were separated on that API. I'm open to
arguments about that.

Thanks,
Miklos