Charles P Wright:
> > - then, i am afraid the stacked_fs cannot follow the i_stacked_inode
> >   chain. read from /stacked_fs/fileB. you will see the old contents of
> >   fileA, won't you?
> That seems right.  I don't think any current Unionfs solution fixes that,
> but this issue is orthogonal to the i_stacked_inode solution, which means
> that Unionfs at least knows two lower-level files are the same when it
> instantiates Unionfs inodes.

I am afraid you are forgetting the persistent inumber again.
As you know, it is not perfect. But it has a chance to be the solution.
If you access fileA before fileB, you will see the correct
filedata. With i_stacked_inode, you will not, won't you?

Junjiro Okajima
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