Re: [PATCH 3/5] ovl: make redirect/metacopy rejection consistent

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On Thu, Mar 27, 2025, at 1:13 PM, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> 
> I am not sure how composefs lowerdata layer is being deployed,
> but but I am pretty sure that the composefs erofs layers are
> designed to be migratable to any fs where the lowerdata repo
> exists, so I think hard coding the lowerdata inode is undesired.

Yes, I don't see any security benefit to binding to specific lower inodes, and it reduces flexibility to do so. A nice feature of composefs is that underneath it's "just files" and all tools and techniques for managing files apply.




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