On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 5:07 PM Zorro Lang <zlang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 06:30:10PM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> > Sorry for off list email
> > Please add to whiteout group
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> Oh, sure, thanks!
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> The "whiteout" group name is described as (in doc/group-names.txt):
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> whiteout overlayfs whiteout functionality
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> I think it's not an overlayfs specific group, how about remove the
> "overlayfs" prefix?
The whiteout inode is a vfs construct that was introduced for overlayfs:
RENAME_WHITEOUT (since Linux 3.18)
This operation makes sense only for overlay/union filesystem
implementations.
There is no other known usage for whiteout inode.
You could remove the "overlayfs" prefix, but that would just make the
whiteout context less clear IMO.
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> BTW, is there anything wrong (about secret?) with this test case, to make
> you have to off list email. This looks like a normal review point ;)
>
Nope, just a technical issue when replying from my mobile.
Thanks,
Amir.
