Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262424AbTFKRLK (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:11:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262562AbTFKRLK (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:11:10 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:50092 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262424AbTFKRLJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:11:09 -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: <1055352127.2419.25.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 18:22:08 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 809 Lines: 23 On Mer, 2003-06-11 at 17:31, 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). > > 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.." ] I've seen it on early 2.5 and on 2.4, current 2.5.x seems to be ok from a quick test. - 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/