| Date | Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:43:39 -0500 (EST) | From | Shaya Potter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/24] Unionfs: Documentation |
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:12:53 -0500 > "Josef 'Jeff' Sipek" <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu> wrote: > >> +Modifying a Unionfs branch directly, while the union is mounted, is >> +currently unsupported. > > Does this mean that if I have /a/b/ and /c/d/ unionised under /mnt/union, I > am not allowed to alter anything under /a/b/ and /c/d/? That I may only > alter stuff under /mnt/union? > > If so, that sounds like a significant limitation.
haven't we been through this? It's the same thing as modifying a block device while a file system is using it. Now, when unionfs gets confused, it shouldn't oops, but would one expect ext3 to allow one to modify its backing store while its using it? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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