From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760084Ab1JGQHl (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:07:41 -0400 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:43394 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752438Ab1JGQHi (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:07:38 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3-dev To: Alan Cox Cc: Kay Sievers , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lennart@poettering.net, harald@redhat.com, david@fubar.dk, greg@kroah.com Subject: Re: A =?UTF-8?B?UGx1bWJlcuKAmXM=?= Wish List for Linux In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:38:20 BST." <20111007113820.3b8424a8@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <1317943022.1095.25.camel@mop> <20111007111231.6e11d18e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20111007113820.3b8424a8@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1318003632_9306P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:07:12 -0400 Message-ID: <14289.1318003632@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=vivi.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020208.4E8F23B4.0119,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=71.62.120.57, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1318003632_9306P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:38:20 BST, Alan Cox said: > > What do you mean would be ugly? > > I have an ext4fs. It supports every possible file name allowed by POSIX > and SuS. What name are you going to use for your 'hidden directory' that > won't clash with a real file ? ext4 could always use an attribute bit for that. Not that *that* solution is all that much prettier, since you can't use it for filesystems that don't have attribute bits. --==_Exmh_1318003632_9306P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFOjyOvcC3lWbTT17ARApWTAJwPRYSaNVyxU6Oddc5kYMT8D5fuiACgyvc2 1rYipa2pwaTFrXEoCElpYew= =jgOO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1318003632_9306P--