Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753169Ab3CUVrJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:47:09 -0400 Received: from mail-vc0-f172.google.com ([209.85.220.172]:55448 "EHLO mail-vc0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752764Ab3CUVrI (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:47:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20130321214118.GA25517@redhat.com> References: <20130321190653.GA15479@redhat.com> <20130321192935.GY21522@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20130321202635.GA16406@redhat.com> <20130321203639.GC16406@redhat.com> <20130321204704.GZ21522@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20130321210255.GD16406@redhat.com> <20130321212617.GA21522@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20130321214118.GA25517@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:47:06 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: -ke_pJ8xj7bzbOIKR52zsZyLUTI Message-ID: Subject: Re: VFS deadlock ? From: Linus Torvalds To: Dave Jones , Al Viro , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 538 Lines: 13 On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Dave Jones wrote: > > How do I go from the dentry in p1 to the path d_absolute_path expects ? You don't. Use dentry_path() instead. It will also end up giving you the information about whether the dentry is unlinked or not. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/