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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] VFS: fixes a bug in sys_linkat()
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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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