GSoC 2013: unionfs rewrite

[C Davis <cd.rattan@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Hey,

I'm thinking about making a proposal for the unionfs project.

On the subject of whiteouts, I've done some digging, and found this
message from a few years ago:

http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2011-04/msg00005.html

Matthew Dillon mentions that files with special suffixes could be used to
represent deleted files. Various unionfs implementations on Linux
seem to do something pretty similar with special files on the writable
filesystem.

Would there be any objections to handling deletions this way, at least
to start with?

Thanks,

C Davis
jabber/xmpp - cdrttn@jabber.org

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le><a href=3D"http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2011-04/msg00=
005.html">http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2011-04/msg00005.=
html</a><br>
</div><div style><br></div><div style>Matthew Dillon mentions that files wi=
th special suffixes could be used to</div><div style>represent deleted file=
s. Various unionfs implementations on Linux</div><div style>seem to do some=
thing pretty similar with special files on the writable</div>
<div style>filesystem.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Would there be =
any objections to handling deletions this way, at least</div><div style>to =
start with?</div><div><br></div>Thanks,<div><br></div><div>C Davis<br clear=
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<div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>jabber/xmpp - <a href=3D"mailto:cdrttn@jabber.or=
g" target=3D"_blank">cdrttn@jabber.org</a><br></div></div></div>
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