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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/7] overlay filesystem: request for inclusion
On Wed,  1 Jun 2011 14:46:13 +0200
Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> wrote:

> I'd like to ask for overlayfs to be merged into 3.1.

Dumb questions:

I've never really understood the need for fs overlaying. Who wants it?
What are the use-cases?

This sort of thing could be implemented in userspace and wired up via
fuse, I assume. Has that been attempted and why is it inadequate?


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