Re: [PATCH 02/27] allow hard links to directories, opt-in for anyfilesystem

[Nick Piggin]

Joshua Hudson wrote:
> Patch seems to work, might want more testing.
> It probably should not be applied without a discussion, especially
> as no filesystem in kernel tree wants this. I am working on a fs that does.

This is backwards I think. This is not disallowed because there are
no filesystems that want it. Linux doesn't want it so it is disallowed
by the vfs.

You have to put forward a case for why we want it, rather than show us
your filesystem that "wants" it. Right?

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