Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:18:25 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Richard Yao <ryao@gentoo.org>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Making an interface for alternative data streams
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 02:11:17PM -0400, Richard Yao wrote:
> I am thinking of implementing Solaris-style alternative data streams in
> the ZFSOnLinux driver via an ioctl and writing a compatibility shim so
> that software written to use O_XATTR can be trivially adapted to use the
> interface.

Even if alternate data streams weren't braindead to start with we are
not going to support your vioation of our copyrights Richard.  Please go
away from our mailing lists.