On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 09:37:11PM +0200, Olaf Weber wrote: > My argument against "mount time case-insensitivity" and for "mkfs time > case-insensitivity" is related to switching from the case-sensitive domain > to the case-insensitive one. > > For case-sensitive, from "README" to "readme" there are 64 different > possible filenames. Let's say you create 63 out of these 64. Now remount > the filesystem case-insensitive, and try to open by the 64th version of > "readme". It is not an exact match for any of the 63 candidate files, and a > case-insensitive match to all 63 candidate files. Which of these 63 files > should be opened, and why that one in particular? Well, the point is not that we use the CI-capable hash all the time. I fully expect the current XFS behavior to remain the default for normal systems forever. I just want to make sure that the CI implementation you chose can also allow mixed lookups if we desire. _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
