From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/32] union-mount: Documentation Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 09:03:07 +0100 Message-ID: <200905250903.08165.arnd@arndb.de> References: <1242662968-11684-1-git-send-email-jblunck@suse.de> <1242662968-11684-16-git-send-email-jblunck@suse.de> <8417.1243232743@jrobl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jan Blunck , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, bharata@in.ibm.com, dwmw2@infradead.org, mszeredi@suse.cz, vaurora@redhat.com To: hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp Return-path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.188]:61298 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750969AbZEYIDS (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 May 2009 04:03:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8417.1243232743@jrobl> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Monday 25 May 2009, hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp wrote: > Is renaming a regular file supported? > Accrding to the change in "[PATCH 24/32] union-mount: in-kernel file > copy between union mounted filesystems", every rename under union seems > to be rejected. Right, but that is consistent with how the kernel would treat a rename from one mount point to another, and tools like 'mv' can handle this in user space. Arnd <><