Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262645AbTFKQUm (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:20:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262656AbTFKQUm (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:20:42 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:59409 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262645AbTFKQUl (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:20:41 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:31:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Alan Cox cc: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Frank Cusack , Trond Myklebust , Marcelo Tosatti , lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfs_unlink() race (was: nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch) In-Reply-To: <1055348515.2420.12.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 656 Lines: 21 On 11 Jun 2003, Alan Cox wrote: > > fs/vfat - d_revalidate: vfat_revalidate That still shouldn't cause ESTALE, it should just force a dropping of the dentry, and a re-lookup (and that, in turn, should either get the right thing, or should return ENOENT). Or are you talking about 2.4.x and that is doing something strange these days? [ You have entered the twilight zone: "Tee-dee tee-dee.." ] 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/