Re: [PATCH] ovl: add xino to "changes to underlying fs" docs

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> > I just mislead you. Sorry for that.
> > We should leave "redirect_dir" in the documented list and add "xino"
> > just like the patch you posted.
> > But I guess if I am going to post a patch to change the xino behavior,
> > it would be better to include your change in my patch for context.
>
> This is quite complex to understand. I think I still stick to general
> stand that if any overlay feature stores any metadata info about
> lower layer in upper layer, then we should not allow changes to
> offline layers.  Otherwise there are so many possibilities to analyze
> to figure out the effect of a offline change. It is confusing for
> developers as well as users. So, IMHO, I will take simpler approach of
> no lower layer modifications for all these advanced features otherwise
> expect the unexpected. :-)
>

Eventually, I only added "xino" to the list, the same as Kevin's patch,
but I also changed the code and documentation of the "xino" feature.

Thanks,
Amir.



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