Unionfs: create new special files only in first branch
authorErez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:56:55 +0000 (18:56 -0500)
committerErez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:32:26 +0000 (21:32 -0500)
commit57743cdcddecca03ea243e58c4537db5fa0d436b
tree3961766c651d802f4e486fd5379b2a167c5780e5
parent82bc52f6634ff10d5dfbba70539a58adefdc8bf5
Unionfs: create new special files only in first branch

When creating a new special file, always create it in the first branch,
which is always writeable, not in the branch which may have a whiteout in
it.  This makes the policy for the creation of new special files consistent
with that of new files/directories, as well as improves efficiency a bit.

Signed-off-by: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>
fs/unionfs/inode.c