Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264434AbTFKMWl (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:22:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264436AbTFKMWk (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:22:40 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:33962 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264434AbTFKMWi (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:22:38 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfs_unlink() race (was: nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch) From: Alan Cox To: Linus Torvalds Cc: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Frank Cusack , Trond Myklebust , Marcelo Tosatti , lkml In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1055334814.2084.12.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 11 Jun 2003 13:33:35 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 521 Lines: 18 On Mer, 2003-06-11 at 06:30, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Multiple aliased dentries have never been ok, unless the filesystem > explicitly handles them and invalidates them (ie ntfs/fat kind of things). For vfat at least its all broken. cd foo mv ../file . more file ESTALE. - 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/