From: jim owens <jowens@hp.com>
To: jim owens <jowens@hp.com>,
jmorris@namei.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com,
viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, mtk.manpages@gmail.com,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] The reflink(2) system call v2.
Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 07:53:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A041D31.1030009@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090508031018.GB8611@mail.oracle.com>
Joel Becker wrote:
> On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 10:59:04PM -0400, jim owens wrote:
>> You certainly did not address:
>>
>> - desire for one single system call to handle both
>> owner preservation and create with current owner.
>
> Nope, and I don't intend to. reflink() is a snapshotting call,
> not a kitchen sink.
I'm not a maintainer but if I was, in that case I would
NAK this since more people wanted the cowfile() definition
than your reflink definition.
If you persist that you are only doing the snapshot
then call it snaplink(2) or something.
The reflink() name makes no sense because all references are
internal to the file system. There is absolutely no way via
"ls" to determine the reference between the original and new.
With hard links and symlinks you can easily associate them.
jim
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-08 11:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 151+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-03 6:15 [RFC] The reflink(2) system call Joel Becker
2009-05-03 6:15 ` [PATCH 1/3] fs: Document the " Joel Becker
2009-05-03 8:01 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-05-04 2:46 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-04 6:36 ` Michael Kerrisk
2009-05-04 7:12 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-03 13:08 ` Boaz Harrosh
2009-05-03 23:08 ` Al Viro
2009-05-04 2:49 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-03 23:45 ` Theodore Tso
2009-05-04 1:44 ` Tao Ma
2009-05-04 18:25 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-04 21:18 ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2009-05-04 22:23 ` Theodore Tso
2009-05-05 6:55 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-05 1:07 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 7:16 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-05 8:09 ` Andreas Dilger
2009-05-05 16:56 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-05 21:24 ` Andreas Dilger
2009-05-05 21:32 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-06 7:15 ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Theodore Tso
2009-05-06 14:24 ` jim owens
2009-05-06 14:30 ` jim owens
2009-05-06 17:50 ` jim owens
2009-05-12 19:20 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-12 19:30 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-12 19:11 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-12 19:37 ` jim owens
2009-05-12 20:11 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 13:01 ` Theodore Tso
2009-05-05 13:19 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 13:39 ` Chris Mason
2009-05-05 15:36 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 15:41 ` Chris Mason
2009-05-05 16:03 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 16:18 ` Chris Mason
2009-05-05 20:48 ` jim owens
2009-05-05 21:57 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 22:04 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-05 22:11 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 22:24 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-05 23:14 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 22:12 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 22:21 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-05 22:32 ` James Morris
2009-05-05 22:39 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-12 19:40 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 22:28 ` jim owens
2009-05-05 23:12 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 16:46 ` Jörn Engel
2009-05-05 16:54 ` Jörn Engel
2009-05-05 22:03 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 21:44 ` copyfile semantics Andreas Dilger
2009-05-05 21:48 ` Matthew Wilcox
2009-05-05 22:25 ` Trond Myklebust
2009-05-05 22:06 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-06 5:57 ` Jörn Engel
2009-05-05 14:21 ` [PATCH 1/3] fs: Document the reflink(2) system call Theodore Tso
2009-05-05 15:32 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 22:49 ` James Morris
2009-05-05 17:05 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-05 17:00 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-05 17:29 ` Theodore Tso
2009-05-05 22:36 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 22:30 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 22:37 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-05 23:08 ` jim owens
2009-05-05 13:01 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-05 17:09 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-03 6:15 ` [PATCH 2/3] fs: Add vfs_reflink() and the ->reflink() inode operation Joel Becker
2009-05-03 8:03 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-05-04 2:51 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-03 6:15 ` [PATCH 3/3] fs: Add the reflink(2) system call Joel Becker
2009-05-03 6:27 ` Matthew Wilcox
2009-05-03 6:39 ` Al Viro
2009-05-03 7:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-05-03 11:16 ` Al Viro
2009-05-04 2:53 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-04 2:53 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-03 8:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-05-07 22:15 ` [RFC] The reflink(2) system call v2 Joel Becker
2009-05-08 1:39 ` James Morris
2009-05-08 1:49 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-08 13:01 ` Tetsuo Handa
2009-05-08 2:59 ` jim owens
2009-05-08 3:10 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-08 11:53 ` jim owens [this message]
2009-05-08 12:16 ` jim owens
2009-05-08 14:11 ` jim owens
2009-05-11 20:40 ` [RFC] The reflink(2) system call v4 Joel Becker
2009-05-11 22:27 ` James Morris
2009-05-11 22:34 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-12 1:12 ` James Morris
2009-05-12 12:18 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-12 17:22 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-12 17:32 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-12 18:03 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-12 18:04 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-12 18:28 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-12 18:37 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-14 18:06 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-14 18:25 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-14 23:25 ` James Morris
2009-05-15 11:54 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-15 13:35 ` James Morris
2009-05-15 15:44 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-13 1:47 ` Casey Schaufler
2009-05-13 16:43 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-13 17:23 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-13 18:27 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-12 12:01 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-11 23:11 ` jim owens
2009-05-11 23:42 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-12 11:31 ` Jörn Engel
2009-05-12 13:12 ` jim owens
2009-05-12 20:24 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-14 18:43 ` Jörn Engel
2009-05-12 15:04 ` Sage Weil
2009-05-12 15:23 ` jim owens
2009-05-12 16:16 ` Sage Weil
2009-05-12 17:45 ` jim owens
2009-05-12 20:29 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-12 17:28 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-13 4:30 ` Sage Weil
2009-05-14 3:57 ` Andy Lutomirski
2009-05-14 18:12 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-14 22:00 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-15 1:20 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-05-15 12:01 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-15 15:22 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-15 15:55 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-15 16:42 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-15 17:01 ` Shaya Potter
2009-05-15 20:53 ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2009-05-18 9:17 ` Jörn Engel
2009-05-18 13:02 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-18 14:33 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-18 17:15 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-18 18:26 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-19 16:32 ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Sage Weil
2009-05-19 19:33 ` Jonathan Corbet
2009-05-19 20:15 ` Jamie Lokier
[not found] ` <20090519132057.419b9de0@bike.lwn.net>
[not found] ` <20090519193244.GB25521@mail.oracle.com>
2009-05-19 19:41 ` Jonathan Corbet
2009-05-28 0:24 ` [RFC] The reflink(2) system call v5 Joel Becker
2009-09-14 22:24 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-11 20:49 ` [RFC] The reflink(2) system call v2 Joel Becker
2009-05-11 22:49 ` jim owens
2009-05-11 23:46 ` Joel Becker
2009-05-12 0:54 ` Chris Mason
2009-05-12 20:36 ` Jamie Lokier
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