Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:21:30 -0700 | From | Marc MERLIN <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Allow cross subvolume reflinks (2nd attempt) |
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On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:35:11PM +0200, Alexander Block wrote: > Hello, > > This is the second attempt to bring in cross subvolume reflinks into btrfs. > The first attempt was NAKed due to missing vfs mount checks and a clear > description of what btrfs subvolumes are and probably also why cross > subvolume reflinks are ok in the case of btrfs. This version of the patch > comes from David and is in SUSE kernels since a long time, so it is tested > and working. The patch also does proper vfs mount checks, so cross mount > point reflinks are not possible with this patch. It only allows cross > reflinks between two subvolumes which are in the same mount point.
Thank you for bringing this back. This would have saved me a lot of trouble
I'm not familiar with the code, but here's a big thumbs up from me.
Anyone doing reviews, please consider this :)
Thanks, Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/
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