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From:   Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Date:   Tue, 6 Oct 2020 11:54:33 +0200
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] overlayfs: add OVL_IOC_GETINFOFD ioctl that opens ovlinfofd
To:     Alexander Mikhalitsyn <alexander.mikhalitsyn@virtuozzo.com>
Cc:     Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
        Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>,
        Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov@virtuozzo.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
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On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 9:40 PM Alexander Mikhalitsyn
<alexander.mikhalitsyn@virtuozzo.com> wrote:

> Oh, yes, it's just another one choice for us ;)
> I decided to create ioctl which opens fd for transferring
> data about overlayfs.
> Sure, let's look on sys fs. I will dive into it!

Or maybe use fsinfo(2) or whatever it's going to be called?

That one seems stuck at the moment, but having a clear set of use
cases can possibly help move it forward.

Thanks,
Miklos