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From: Marc MERLIN <marc@merlins.org>
To: Alexander Block <ablock84@googlemail.com>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, dave@jikos.cz, hch@infradead.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, chris.mason@fusionio.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow cross subvolume reflinks (2nd attempt)
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:21:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120627172130.GD7472@merlins.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1340188512-5761-1-git-send-email-ablock84@googlemail.com>

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
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-06-27 17:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-20 10:35 [PATCH] Allow cross subvolume reflinks (2nd attempt) Alexander Block
2012-06-20 10:35 ` [PATCH] btrfs: allow cross-subvolume file clone Alexander Block
2012-06-20 17:18 ` [PATCH] Allow cross subvolume reflinks (2nd attempt) Goffredo Baroncelli
2012-06-20 17:27   ` Alexander Block
2012-06-20 18:07     ` Calvin Walton
2012-06-20 18:11       ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2012-06-20 20:05         ` Alexander Block
2012-06-20 20:15           ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2012-06-27 17:21 ` Marc MERLIN [this message]

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