Re: Overlayfs TODOs

[Chandan Rajendra <chandan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 5:56:31 PM IST Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Chandan Rajendra
> <chandan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am keen on working on overlayfs. It would be very helpful if you could
> > provide me a list of Todo items associated with Overlayfs.
> >
> 
> This is the TODO list that I maintain on wiki:
> https://github.com/amir73il/overlayfs/wiki/Overlayfs-TODO
> 
> It includes at least most of the tasks that are in Miklos' head:
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-unionfs&m=149441099931390&w=2
> 
> My focus right now is all the "non stared" tasks for "same fs" configuration,
> aiming for kernel 4.13.
> 
> Is there are specific area of interest for you with overlayfs?
> Any specific configuration or use case? Or is the interest purely academic?
> 
> I suppose you are looking to start of with smaller tasks?
> 
> There is actually one task that should be very simple to do and can also
> bring large benefit for many users.
> 
> In his pull request for kernel 4.12 Miklos writes:
> "The biggest part of this is making st_dev/st_ino on the overlay behave like a
> normal filesystem ... future work will move the general case towards more sane
> behavior."
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-unionfs&m=149442365202823&w=2
> 
> The work towards constant st_dev/st_ino for the general case is not within my
> immediate scope of interest, but it shouldn't be hard. The basic idea was
> explained by  Miklos here:
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-unionfs&m=149259338809700&w=2
> 
Amir, I will work on this task. Thanks for the guidance.

> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Amir.
> 
> 

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chandan