Re: RFC: Schedule EFS for removal.

From: Dave Jones
Date: Mon May 21 2007 - 11:33:19 EST


On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:12:09PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Ok, patch rescinded. Any opinion on what to do about that bug?
> >
> > "use loopback" would be one option I guess.
> > Given its been an open bug for four years, there's obviously
> > not that much interest in fixing the filesystem.
>
> I don't think it's a bug, it's a lacking feature. The error message
> is quite accurate aswell.

It seems to be a regression in 2.6.x though. From the report..

"Under 2.4.21, it doesnt do this."

Dave

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