Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263298AbTFKReD (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:34:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263394AbTFKReB (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:34:01 -0400 Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.130.16]:12518 "EHLO pat.uio.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263298AbTFKRdy (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:33:54 -0400 To: Alan Cox Cc: Linus Torvalds , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Frank Cusack , Marcelo Tosatti , lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfs_unlink() race (was: nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch) References: <1055352127.2419.25.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <16103.26865.361044.360120@charged.uio.no> From: Trond Myklebust Date: 11 Jun 2003 19:47:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: <16103.26865.361044.360120@charged.uio.no> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Honest Recruiter) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-Information: This message has been scanned for viruses/spam. Contact postmaster@uio.no if you have questions about this scanning. X-UiO-MailScanner: No virus found Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 14 >>>>> " " == Trond Myklebust writes: > 2.4 has the 'return ESTALE if current dir fails d_revalidate()' > test. Looks like the vfat stuff has the same problem that I should learn to complete my own sentences before sending... The above should read: Looks like the vfat stuff has the same problem that Coda did. It is unintentionally triggering the ESTALE code, as it assumes that d_revalidate() is advisory only. Cheers, Trond - 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/