Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:11:00 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] VFS: fixes a bug in sys_linkat() |
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On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:57:38PM -0700, Ram Pai wrote: > Hardlink using sys_linkat() returns EXDEV when the source and the destination > point to the same filesystem, residing under different mounts.
... and that is absolutely deliberate. Ability to restrict links to a subtree is a deliberate feature. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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