Re: [PATCH] overlayfs: Return error if metadata only copy-up can't be enabled

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On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 3:43 PM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Assume a user wanted to enable metadata only copy-up and passes metacopy=on.
> If this feature can't be enabled, we disable metacopy=off and just leave
> a warning in logs. metacopy=on requires redirect_dir=on (for upper dir)
> or redirect_dir=follow (for non-upper mount).

What's the reason we can't enable these for metacopy=on automatically?

I mean, the simplest and least surprising behavior would be if
metacopy would simply imply redirect_dir, no?

Thanks,
Miklos



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