Re: [PATCH] ovl: Allow changing default fsync_mode

Gao Xiang <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:25:40 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-unionfs
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 2026/6/23 18:18, Yafang Shao wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM Gao Xiang <[email protected]> wrote:
>>

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>>
>> Again, I don't want such customized messy breaks userspace
>> again; with that patch, container runtime needs to consider
>> if `volatile` is the default which just breaks the existing
>> containerd versions.
> 
> I'll leave this debate to the overlayfs maintainers ;)

On my own perspective and be responsible for common users
(and as a containerd maintainer [1]), if you don't have
a strong argument:

NACKed-by: Gao Xiang <[email protected]>

[1] https://github.com/containerd/.project/blob/main/MAINTAINERS#L36

And I don't want:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAOQ4uxhfwOU7O_vEQsAvRGV-v3_Dk1RcMnwGx-xOpx-FYjoKcg@mail.gmail.com

happens again.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang

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