On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 17:47 -0500, Michael Halcrow wrote: > On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 01:21:04PM -0400, Josef Sipek wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 11:31:15AM -0500, Michael Halcrow wrote: > > ... > > > Here is where I am thinking about going with crossing lower mount > > > points. This patch makes sure that there is a 1-to-1 mapping in > > > inode numbers between the stacked inodes and the lower inodes. It > > > maintains the association by modifying the struct inode to include > > > a back pointer from the lower inode to the stacked inode. > > > > Do you maintain the inode numbers across mounts (of ecryptfs)? The > > patch doesn't look like it does. > > Nope; this patch just aims to make sure that stacked and lower inodes > maintain a 1-to-1 relationship. so that won't let your cross mount points.... i.e. the 2 underlying mountpoints can have the same inode numbers, couldn't they? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
