Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Oct 2011 11:53:59 +0200 | Subject | Re: A Plumber’s Wish List for Linux | From | Bastien ROUCARIES <> |
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On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote: > []sorry, need to resend. I tried to reply with the cell phone but it bounces] > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:38, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: >> On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:28:46 +0200 Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote: >> >>> What do you mean would be ugly? >> >> I have an ext4fs. It supports every possible file name allowed by POSIX >> and SuS. What name are you going to use for your 'hidden directory' that >> won't clash with a real file ? > > Ah, no. The label on FAT (similar on NTFS) are 'magic entries' in the > root dir list, not a real file in the root dir.
Why not using a special xattr namespace ?
Bastien > We need kernel support for changing a mounted fs, because, unlike > ext4, the blocks containing the strings are inside the fs, which the > kernel might change any time. > > Kay > -- > 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/ > -- 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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