On Jan 14, 2016 11:19 AM, "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Nikhilesh Reddy <reddyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > *I will send out a properly formatted patch shortly.* > > So before you do that, can you explain in what cases fuse just wants > to pass through the IO? > > Why aren't such cases just using unionfs or something? > > In other words, I think that patch needs an explanation for the > *reason* for the new functionality. Also, clarifying the functionality would be nice. What is the "underlying" fs you speak of? What f_cred gets used? Who opens the underlying file, whatever that is? Is the intent overlay-style stacking or is it something else entirely? --Andy -- 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
