Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:52:19 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 02/27] allow hard links to directories, opt-in for any filesystem |
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Joshua Hudson wrote: > Patch seems to work, might want more testing. > It probably should not be applied without a discussion, especially > as no filesystem in kernel tree wants this. I am working on a fs that does. >
This is backwards I think. This is not disallowed because there are no filesystems that want it. Linux doesn't want it so it is disallowed by the vfs.
You have to put forward a case for why we want it, rather than show us your filesystem that "wants" it. Right?
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