Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory

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To: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...>

Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, <linux-fsdevel@...>, <akpm@...>, <torvalds@...>

Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory

Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 8:40 am

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 08:34:42AM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
quoted text> On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 08:36 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 09:19:17AM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > > > Eh...  Arbitrary limitations are fun, aren't they?
> > > 
> > > But these mounts _are_ special.  There is really no point in moving or
> > > pivoting them.
> > 
> > pivoting - probably true, moving... why not?
> 
> Moving would be an implementation artefact that doesn't really
> correspond to any useful operation on the filesyst
> 
> AFAIK, most filesystems that have implemented subfiles (excepting
> Reiser4 of course) do not allow you to rename or move the subfile
> directory or its contents from one parent file to another.

If that's about xattr and nothing else, colour me thoroughly uninterested.
If it might have other interesting uses, OTOH...
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[RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Tue May 22, 2:48 pm)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Jaroslav Sykora, (Wed May 23, 9:20 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Jan Engelhardt, (Wed May 23, 8:01 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 5:51 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 6:09 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 6:24 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 6:24 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 6:40 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 7:39 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Ph. Marek, (Wed May 23, 9:23 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 9:54 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 8:16 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 9:01 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 9:51 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 10:32 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 11:06 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 11:25 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 11:37 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 11:55 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Shaya Potter, (Tue May 22, 7:26 pm)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 2:39 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Tue May 22, 6:10 pm)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 2:36 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Pavel Machek, (Thu May 24, 8:07 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Mon May 28, 10:43 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Jan Blunck, (Wed May 23, 5:21 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 5:35 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 3:03 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 3:19 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 3:36 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Trond Myklebust, (Wed May 23, 8:34 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 8:40 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 4:05 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Jan Blunck, (Wed May 23, 5:16 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 5:28 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 4:29 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 5:03 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Al Viro, (Wed May 23, 5:58 am)

Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory, Miklos Szeredi, (Wed May 23, 6:14 am)


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