Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] VFS: fixes a bug in sys_linkat() | From | Ram Pai <> | Date | Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:32:22 -0700 |
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On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 02:11 +0100, Al Viro wrote: > On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:57:38PM -0700, Ram Pai wrote: > > Hardlink using sys_linkat() returns EXDEV when the source and the destination > > point to the same filesystem, residing under different mounts. > > ... and that is absolutely deliberate. Ability to restrict links to > a subtree is a deliberate feature.
But wondering what side effects will it have if we allowed it to create hardlinks?
RP
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