From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp01.belwue.de ([129.143.71.86]:42934 "EHLO smtp01.belwue.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753476AbdIIKsr (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Sep 2017 06:48:47 -0400 Received: from fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.1.129]) by smtp01.belwue.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A78526AF for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2017 12:48:46 +0200 (MEST) Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 12:48:45 +0200 From: Ulli Horlacher To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: generic name for volume and subvolume root? Message-ID: <20170909104845.GW12642@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> References: <20170909083551.GC22060@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <48008a58-a82e-d9f7-327e-eeb905e18aa1@gmx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <48008a58-a82e-d9f7-327e-eeb905e18aa1@gmx.com> Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat 2017-09-09 (18:40), Qu Wenruo wrote: > > Is there a generic name for both volume and subvolume root? > > Nope, subvolume (including snapshot) is not distinguished by its > filename/path/directory name. > > And you can only do snapshot on subvolume (snapshot is one kind of > subvolume) boundary. So, I can name a btrfs root volume also btrfs subvolume? I am talking about documentation, not coding! I just want yo use the correct terms. -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlacher@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ REF:<48008a58-a82e-d9f7-327e-eeb905e18aa1@gmx.com>