Head stability [Was Re: [Fwd: Re: [PATCH] Fix Name mangling inHEAD]]

[Christopher R. Hertel]

> Chris,
> I'm thinking to move all the mangling stuff in vfs once we have
> stackable modules and SAMBA_3_0 is branched off.

Not knowing enough about the VFS layer...

This will, I assume, work no matter what real FS is underneath, yes?  
Also, are we able to stack VFS layers well enough to make sure the 
mangling doesn't conflict with other VFS implementations?

Just curious.

> vfs is really the place where to put that code, so that it can be
> removed if a mangling-compatible filesystem is used, or someone else
> have better ideas in how to implement mangling.

Would be nice to be able to swap out the mangling like that.

Chris -)-----

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