From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joel Becker Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] fs: Add the reflink(2) system call. Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 19:53:40 -0700 Message-ID: <20090504025340.GF24653@mail.oracle.com> References: <1241331303-23753-1-git-send-email-joel.becker@oracle.com> <1241331303-23753-4-git-send-email-joel.becker@oracle.com> <20090503062756.GO8822@parisc-linux.org> <20090503063902.GR8633@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Matthew Wilcox , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, jmorris@namei.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com To: Al Viro Return-path: Received: from rcsinet12.oracle.com ([148.87.113.124]:61896 "EHLO rgminet12.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751195AbZEDCzn (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 May 2009 22:55:43 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090503063902.GR8633@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 07:39:02AM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > Another question: do we want that to work across mounpoint boundary? > It's probably OK in this case, but... I don't think we want it working across mountpoints, just like link(2). I thought I checked for that in sys_reflinkat(). Joel -- Life's Little Instruction Book #139 "Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have." Joel Becker Principal Software Developer Oracle E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127