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SubjectRe: [PATCH 02/27] allow hard links to directories, opt-in for any filesystem
Horst von Brand wrote:
> Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Joshua Hudson wrote:
>>
>>>Patch seems to work, might want more testing.
>>>It probably should not be applied without a discussion, especially
>>>as no filesystem in kernel tree wants this. I am working on a fs that does.
>
>
>>This is backwards I think. This is not disallowed because there are
>>no filesystems that want it. Linux doesn't want it so it is disallowed
>>by the vfs.
>
>
> Right.
>
>
>>You have to put forward a case for why we want it, rather than show us
>>your filesystem that "wants" it. Right?
>
>
> Nope.

What do you mean nope?

I know why unix didn't allow loops in the filesystem tree. I'm just
saying that you have to justify a feature before adding it. If he was
able to nicely solve problems with loops and show some application
that benefits from it, then it could be considered for Linux.

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