From: Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/35] fallthru: ext2 fallthru support Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:10:45 +0100 Message-ID: <20100421221045.GE27575@shareable.org> References: <20100419132344.GI10776@bolzano.suse.de> <20100419133028.GA3631@shareable.org> <20100419141248.GK10776@bolzano.suse.de> <20100419142315.GA2688@shell> <20100420213450.GM11723@shareable.org> <20100421084211.GB22741@bolzano.suse.de> <20100421092235.GB13114@shareable.org> <20100421213843.GE5041@shell> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Miklos Szeredi , jblunck@suse.de, dwmw2@infradead.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: Valerie Aurora Return-path: Received: from mail2.shareable.org ([80.68.89.115]:38842 "EHLO mail2.shareable.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755436Ab0DUWK7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:10:59 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100421213843.GE5041@shell> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Valerie Aurora wrote: > > I think there's no question that union mounts might break apps (POSIX > > or not). But I think there's hope that they are few and can easily be > > fixed. > > I couldn't have put it better myself. > > To expand slightly, if the broken apps are not few and easily fixed, > then we'll go back and make the kernel more complicated. I'd like to > try the simplest version we think will work, first. Don't worry, I'm not trying to deviate you from that good plan. Just throwing questions out to find what's a good and simple answer to these little open questions to minimise trouble. -- Jamie