Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] Overlayfs lazy lookup of lowerdata

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On Sat, 27 May 2023 at 16:04, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If we would want to support data-only layers in the middle on the
> stack, which would this syntax make sense?
> lowerdir=lower1::data1:lower2::data2
>
> If this syntax makes sense to everyone, then we can change the syntax
> of data-only in the tail from lower1::data1:data2 to lower1::data1::data2
> and enforce that after the first ::, only :: are allowed.
>
> Miklos, any thoughts?
> I have a feeling that this was your natural interpretation when you first
> saw the :: syntax.

Yes, I think it's more natural to have a prefix for each data-only
layer.  And this is also good for extensibility, as discussed.

Thanks,
Miklos



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