On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > === How do we want subvolumes to work from a user perspective? === > > 1) Users need to be able to create their own subvolumes. The permission > semantics will be absolutely the same as creating directories, so I don't think > this is too tricky. We want this because you can only take snapshots of > subvolumes, and so it is important that users be able to create their own > discrete snapshottable targets. > > 2) Users need to be able to snapshot their subvolumes. This is basically the > same as #1, but it bears repeating. could it be possible to convert a directory into a volume? or at least base a snapshot off it? C Anthony -- 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
