Re: [PATCH 00/22][RFC] Unionfs: Stackable Namespace Unification Filesystem

Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-03T17:48:50Z

>> > This set of patches constitutes Unionfs version 2.0. We are presenting it to
>> > be reviewed and considered for inclusion into the kernel.
>>
>> Small nit: is it possible to order these patches so that the kernel
>> builds at each intermediate point (so we can use git bisect). The
>> easiest way to achieve this would be to do the Kconfig and Makefile
>> updates last.
>
>Ideally, when Unionfs is commited into git, the whole thing would be one
>commit - what's the point of having half of a filesystem?

So that you can eliminate e.g. locking bugs by searching in less code.

Jan Engelhardt
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