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FromWerner Almesberger <>
SubjectRe: Toronto Filsystem?
DateTue, 3 Mar 1998 16:54:57 +0100 (MET)
Trever Adams wrote:
>> From: "Benjamin C.R. LaHaise"
[...]
>> Actually, this is easier than it seems.  A simple restriction that makes
>> everything work well is to require that all underlying layers be made
>> read-only, which avoids a mess of consistency problems.  Then, use a top
>> layer that supports sparse files.  Reading a file becomes: try layer one -
>> oh, not there; try layer 2...  No, I don't have working code yet.
[...]
> Not cool at all.  Once the original file owner updates the file (say the
> group agrees on a new standard, or root updates the file) any way but
> clean implimentation and write of the entire modified file becomes
> corrupted.

So you'd have to make "per-block COW" behaviour a mount option. With some
media (e.g. CD-ROM) you can be very sure that they won't change, so such
a shortcut is perfectly valid.

- Werner

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