Re: [LSF/MM ATTEND] Stackable Union Filesystem Implementation

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> Currently it is unclear which evolution way hepunion will take, but if
> you want
> - filesystem-type union (instead of mount-type union nor block device
>   level union)
> - and name-based union (insated of inode-based union)
> then the approach is similar to overlayfs's.
> So it might be better to make overlayfs as the base of your development.
> If supporting NFS branch (or exporting hepunion) is important for you,
> then the inode-based solution will be necessary.
>
Thanks for the suggestion. I am looking forward to suggestions like
these from the community so that we can have a universal union
filesystem for mainline linux kernel with most of the use
cases(including Cern's).


Regards,
Saket Sinha

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