Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262656AbTFKQVH (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:21:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262657AbTFKQVH (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:21:07 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:49127 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262656AbTFKQVA (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:21:00 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:34:42 +0100 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Alan Cox , Frank Cusack , Trond Myklebust , Marcelo Tosatti , lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfs_unlink() race (was: nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch) Message-ID: <20030611163442.GF6754@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <1055348515.2420.12.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 673 Lines: 17 On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 09:31:32AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > 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). .... and vfat lookup will pick what can be picked. We do not get hashed aliases there. - 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/