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From: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	miklos@szeredi.hu, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] overlayfs: Warn on copy up if a process has a R/O fd open to the lower file
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:33:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1433950405.375893.291973049.101362CB@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4954.1432838811@warthog.procyon.org.uk>

On Thu, May 28, 2015, at 02:46 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Print a warning when overlayfs copies up a file if the process that triggered
> the copy up has a R/O fd open to the lower file being copied up.

Why not an option to make it an error?  If one's goal is to use overlayfs
without apps potentially corrupting data, better to fail fast.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-06-10 15:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-28 18:46 [PATCH] overlayfs: Warn on copy up if a process has a R/O fd open to the lower file David Howells
2015-06-10 13:23 ` David Howells
2015-06-10 15:33 ` Colin Walters [this message]
2015-06-10 16:12 ` David Howells
2015-06-22 15:10 ` David Howells
2015-06-22 15:10   ` David Howells
2015-07-07 14:04 David Howells
2016-03-07 10:06 ` Miklos Szeredi

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