2002-08-26 22:12:11

by sridhar vaidyanathan

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Subject: 2.4.0 sys_unlink

sys_unlink in 2.4 calls path_walk which does a lookup. There is also
a "restricted" lookup called lookup_hash which is called after that, which
actually returns the dentry. Why is it done this way? Why cant the dentry be
got from path_walk itself. Correct me if I am wrong.
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-sridhar