Re: [RFC] The reflink(2) system call v2. [LWN.net]

From:		Joel Becker <Joel.Becker-AT-oracle.com>
To:		jim owens <jowens-AT-hp.com>
Subject:		Re: [RFC] The reflink(2) system call v2.
Date:		Thu, 7 May 2009 20:10:18 -0700
Message-ID:		<20090508031018.GB8611@mail.oracle.com>
Cc:		jmorris-AT-namei.org, linux-security-module-AT-vger.kernel.org, mtk.manpages-AT-gmail.com, linux-fsdevel-AT-vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel-AT-oss.oracle.com, viro-AT-zeniv.linux.org.uk
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On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 10:59:04PM -0400, jim owens wrote:
> You certainly did not address:
>
> - desire for one single system call to handle both
>   owner preservation and create with current owner.

	Nope, and I don't intend to.  reflink() is a snapshotting call,
not a kitchen sink.

Joel

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