From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Josef Sipek Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/24] Unionfs: Documentation Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:33:18 -0500 Message-ID: <20070109003230.GD5418@filer.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> References: <20070108111852.ee156a90.akpm@osdl.org> <200701082051.l08KpV8b011212@agora.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> <1pw35070vgjt0.vkrm8bjemedb$.dlg@40tude.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from filer.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu ([130.245.126.2]:54299 "EHLO filer.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750712AbXAIAdX (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:33:23 -0500 To: Giuseppe Bilotta Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1pw35070vgjt0.vkrm8bjemedb$.dlg@40tude.net> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 01:19:48AM +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > As a simple user without much knowledge of kernel internals, much less > so filesystems, couldn't something based on the same principle of > lsof+fam be used to handle these situations? Using inotify has been suggested before. That let the upper filesystem know when something changed on the lower filesystem. I think that, while it would work, it is not the right solution. Josef "Jeff" Sipek. -- Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them - Albert Einstein