@ -50,12 +50,40 @@ In /etc/fstab it'd look like the following:
Filesystem calls are broken up into 3 categories: action, create, search. There are also some calls which have no policy attached due to state being kept between calls. These categories can be assigned a policy which dictates how [mergerfs](http://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs) behaves. Any policy can be assigned to a category though some aren't terribly practical. For instance: rand (Random) may be useful for **create** but could lead to very odd behavior if used for **search**.
Filesystem calls are broken up into 3 categories: action, create, search. There are also some calls which have no policy attached due to state being kept between calls. These categories can be assigned a policy which dictates how [mergerfs](http://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs) behaves. Any policy can be assigned to a category though some aren't terribly practical. For instance: rand (Random) may be useful for **create** but could lead to very odd behavior if used for **search**.
`ioctl` behaves differently if its acting on a directory. It'll use the `getattr` policy to find and open the directory before issuing the `ioctl`. In other cases where something may be searched (to confirm a directory exists across all source mounts) then `getattr` will be used.
#### Policy descriptions ####
#### Policy descriptions ####
| Policy | Description |
| Policy | Description |
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#### readdir ####
#### readdir ####
[readdir](http://linux.die.net/man/3/readdir) is very different from most functions in this realm. It certainly could have it's own set of policies to tweak its behavior. At this time it provides a simple `first found` merging of directories and file found. That is: only the first file or directory found for a directory is returned.
[readdir](http://linux.die.net/man/3/readdir) is very different from most functions in this realm. It certainly could have it's own set of policies to tweak its behavior. At this time it provides a simple `first found` merging of directories and file found. That is: only the first file or directory found for a directory is returned. Given how FUSE works though the data representing the returned entry comes from `getattr`.
It could be extended to offer the ability to see all files found. Perhaps concatinating `#` and a number to the name. But to really be useful you'd need to be able to access them which would complicate file lookup.
It could be extended to offer the ability to see all files found. Perhaps concatinating `#` and a number to the name. But to really be useful you'd need to be able to access them which would complicate file lookup.
@ -133,29 +161,29 @@ Even if xattrs are disabled the [{list,get,set}xattrs](http://linux.die.net/man/