From: dexen deVries <dexen.devries-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: linux-nilfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: It is not possible to restore file from a mounted snapshot using a hardlink
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:08:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201102271808.35626.dexen.devries@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <-5130718212985067227@unknownmsgid>
On Sunday 27 of February 2011 16:56:25 you wrote:
> In fact, hard links are not supposed to work but cp --reflink
> *should* work but it does not seem to. cp --reflink is what you would
> need to achieve what you want.
I'm much surprised why hardlink shouldn't work.
I used the `stat' command on a file that's both in snapshot and (uchanged) in
current filesystem state and both inode and device fields (st_ino and st_dev)
are the same. Thus I don't get why Linux would consider that a cross-device
hardlink. After all, it's the same filesystem, just different views of it.
Perhaps Linux' VFS is to blame...
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dexen deVries
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-27 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-27 13:20 It is not possible to restore file from a mounted snapshot using a hardlink dexen deVries
[not found] ` <201102271420.57110.dexen.devries-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-27 15:56 ` Jérôme Poulin
2011-02-27 17:08 ` dexen deVries [this message]
2011-02-27 16:02 ` Jérôme Poulin
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