linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] overlayfs: Report writeback errors on upper

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Message-ID: <20201228204837.GA28221@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 28 Dec 2020 20:48:37 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Cc:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Sargun Dhillon <sargun@...gun.me>,
        Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        overlayfs <linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@...ernel.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] overlayfs: Report writeback errors on upper

On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 09:37:37PM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> Having said that, I never objected to the SEEN flag split.

I STRONGLY object to the SEEN flag split.  I think it is completely
unnecessary and nobody's shown me a use-case that changes my mind.