Hi, Ben Hutchings wrote (21 Dec 2014 23:20:15 GMT) : > On Sun, 2014-12-21 at 21:53 +0100, intrigeri wrote: >> 1. Due to overlayfs' stack depth limit of 2, until support more than >> one read-only lower layer is completed, overlayfs breaks >> live-boot's SquashFS stacking feature; Tails "automatic upgrades" >> rely on this feature. The current overlayfs maintainer says it is >> the "top feature request", and has been working on it recently >> >> (https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org/msg00079.html). >> The code lives in >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs.git >> (branch overlayfs-next, currently).
> Should we expect this to be merged in Linux 3.20? I'm not sure: A first formal pull request was send recently: http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=20141209103745.GA32280%40tucsk.suse.de The initial review by Al Viro revealed quite a few problems, that Miklos Szeredi later says have been fixed (9 days ago). Nothing happened since then. >> Is it an option to get aufs back into the Debian kernel until #1 is >> completed and reaches mainline? (I could understand that you want to >> add a deadline if you make such a promise, of course :) > I would rather apply the overlayfs patches to support multiple lower > layers. Works for me :) Once Al Viro is happy with the current state of the code, I'll let you know (I've just subscribed to linux-unionfs). Cheers, -- intrigeri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/85egrsysi6....@boum.org
