Re: Fwd: allow rename to "--bind"-mounted filesystem

[Alex Riesen]

[e-mail], Tue, May 06, 2003 16:30:26 +0200:
> On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 12:04:35PM +0200, Alex Riesen wrote:
> > Hi,
> > i just came over this patch, and wondered why is it missing
> > in both 2.4 and 2.5 (the code in do_rename is identical in both
> > kernels).
> > 
> > Are such renames really not allowed, or was it just fixed differently?
> 
> Such remames are _deliberately_ not allowed.
> 

because that would be against semantics of a mounted filesystem?
(which, in turn, would break something)