From: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
To: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <alexander.mikhalitsyn@virtuozzo.com>
Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>,
Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov@virtuozzo.com>,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
overlayfs <linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] overlayfs: add OVL_IOC_GETINFOFD ioctl that opens ovlinfofd
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 11:54:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJfpegtEbkdLnYvNVJYEb6yCtAjDAs4PWLVO53uQ3y5uprEELw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201005223948.6e9769ded3301b2d04a2bdae@virtuozzo.com>
On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 9:40 PM Alexander Mikhalitsyn
<alexander.mikhalitsyn@virtuozzo.com> wrote:
> Oh, yes, it's just another one choice for us ;)
> I decided to create ioctl which opens fd for transferring
> data about overlayfs.
> Sure, let's look on sys fs. I will dive into it!
Or maybe use fsinfo(2) or whatever it's going to be called?
That one seems stuck at the moment, but having a clear set of use
cases can possibly help move it forward.
Thanks,
Miklos
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-06 9:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-04 19:24 [RFC PATCH 0/1] overlayfs: C/R enhancments (RFC) Alexander Mikhalitsyn
2020-10-04 19:24 ` [RFC PATCH 1/1] overlayfs: add ioctls that allows to get fhandle for layers dentries Alexander Mikhalitsyn
2020-10-04 19:48 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-10-05 7:56 ` [RFC PATCH 0/1] overlayfs: C/R enhancments (RFC) Amir Goldstein
2020-10-05 19:46 ` Alexander Mikhalitsyn
2020-10-06 6:53 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-10-05 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH] overlayfs: add OVL_IOC_GETINFOFD ioctl that opens ovlinfofd Alexander Mikhalitsyn
2020-10-05 17:08 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-10-05 17:12 ` Alexander Mikhalitsyn
2020-10-05 17:22 ` Amir Goldstein
2020-10-05 19:39 ` Alexander Mikhalitsyn
2020-10-06 9:54 ` Miklos Szeredi [this message]
2020-10-14 14:14 ` [RFC PATCH] overlayfs: add fsinfo(FSINFO_ATTR_OVL_SOURCES) support Alexander Mikhalitsyn
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