On 06/29/2012 06:21 PM, Ilya Dryomov wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 06:00:36PM +0800, Liu Bo wrote: >> Setting subvolume/snapshot readonly has been missing for a long time. >> >> With this patch, we can set a subvolume/snapshot readonly via: >> >> o btrfs subvolume set-ro <path> > > Alexander's 'btrfs property' patches do exactly this, but in a much more > generic and extensible way. 'btrfs property' subgroup provides a > uniform interface for getting and setting properties of filesystem > objects in general, not only those of subvolumes and snapshots. It > provides a much better user interface, and it also allows us to easily > rethink kernel-user interface for generic get/set in future. >
Thanks for the explanation! But I prefer keeping the current categories {subvolume,filesystem,device,...}: o Compatibility, we cannot remove the old commands until we make sure that no users will use them. o We've three properties {default, readonly, lable}, is it worthy making another new interface? o Current categories are clear and clean. thanks, liubo > Thanks, > > Ilya > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html