From: Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca>
To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to document the idea of what reiser4 wants to do with metafiles and why
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:22:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874qmjm51g.fsf@uhoreg.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200408312235.35733.v13@priest.com
>>>>> "V13" == V13 <v13@priest.com> writes:
V13> On Tuesday 31 August 2004 21:17, Spam wrote:
>> It is a good thought. However I think they are trying to figure out a
>> way to have the metadata and streams to be accesible with legacy
>> applications.
V13> They will be since after chdir_meta() the user will be able to look
V13> at the metadata just like Hans described it.
Uh, no. Legacy means no changes made. It shouldn't need to be modified
to use chdir_meta.
From what I can see, your proposal isn't much different from the openat
proposal.
V13> The only thing that changes (from the userland POV) is the way
V13> someone can enter the 'metadata directory'. This way you don't have
V13> to have a special name, just a special function and no existing
V13> application (like tar) can possibly break because it will not know
V13> how to enter this 'metadata directory'.
tar won't be able to backup the metadata. That's the major breakage of
tar that we're worried about.
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Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-29 20:21 silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to document the idea of what reiser4 wants to do with metafiles and why Hans Reiser
2004-08-31 0:05 ` Alexander G. M. Smith
2004-08-31 6:43 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-01 3:13 ` Alexander G. M. Smith
2004-09-01 3:55 ` David Masover
2004-09-01 8:07 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-01 17:19 ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-08-31 13:12 ` Pavel Machek
2004-08-31 13:36 ` Christian Mayrhuber
2004-09-02 11:59 ` Mikaël Cluseau
2004-09-02 13:32 ` mjt
2004-09-07 20:16 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-07 20:59 ` Pavel Machek
2004-09-08 9:14 ` Romano Giannetti
2004-09-07 21:05 ` William Stearns
2004-09-07 22:09 ` Robin Rosenberg
2004-09-09 9:03 ` silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to document the idea ofwhat " Theodore Ts'o
2004-09-09 17:23 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-09 18:09 ` Gunnar Ritter
2004-09-09 19:15 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-09 20:45 ` Paul Jakma
2004-09-10 0:57 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 1:15 ` Paul Jakma
2004-09-10 5:04 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 5:53 ` viro
2004-09-10 6:52 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 7:05 ` viro
2004-09-10 7:30 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 16:49 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-10 17:23 ` viro
2004-09-10 7:21 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 7:33 ` viro
2004-09-10 7:46 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 8:18 ` viro
2004-09-10 9:20 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-10 17:48 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 17:07 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-10 13:08 ` Horst von Brand
2004-09-10 3:22 ` Horst von Brand
2004-09-12 20:43 ` Davide Inglima
2004-09-10 9:42 ` Helge Hafting
2004-09-10 17:42 ` Horst von Brand
[not found] ` <20040910201738.GB8698@eskimo.com>
2004-09-14 8:39 ` Helge Hafting
2004-08-31 14:09 ` silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to document the idea of what " Mike Waychison
2004-08-31 18:35 ` Hubert Chan
2004-08-31 17:55 ` V13
2004-08-31 18:17 ` Spam
2004-08-31 18:17 ` Spam
2004-08-31 19:08 ` Tonnerre
2004-08-31 19:38 ` Spam
2004-08-31 19:38 ` Spam
2004-09-01 3:11 ` Robin Rosenberg
2004-09-01 3:11 ` Robin Rosenberg
2004-09-01 13:18 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-08-31 19:35 ` V13
2004-08-31 20:22 ` Hubert Chan [this message]
2004-08-31 20:31 ` Spam
2004-08-31 21:58 ` Hubert Chan
2004-08-31 22:15 ` Spam
2004-08-31 22:46 ` Hubert Chan
2004-08-31 18:51 ` Hubert Chan
2004-08-31 19:49 ` Chris Dawes
2004-09-01 6:03 ` Hans Reiser
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