On Monday 27 September 2010 10:11:53 Miklos Szeredi wrote: > [...] marking new directories opaque is only a half solution. > E.g. consider the case when we have /a/b/c/ on the lower fs > and /a/b/ on the upper, which is not opaque. Then /a/b/c/ is created > on the upper fs off-line. The union logic can't notice that "c" > should really be opaque and will merge with the contents of the lower > layer. I can think of arguments for either behavior, perhaps with a slight preference for your suggestion (default = opaque). In any case, admins will need a way to flip opaque flags and remove undesired whiteouts. Thanks, Andreas -- 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
