Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267392AbTGHOHp (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:07:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267385AbTGHOHp (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:07:45 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:60331 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267365AbTGHOFr (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:05:47 -0400 Subject: RE: [PATCH] path_lookup for 2.4.20-pre4 (ChangeSet@1.587.10.71) From: Alan Cox To: trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , hannal@us.ibm.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux FSdevel In-Reply-To: <16138.53118.777914.828030@charged.uio.no> References: <16138.53118.777914.828030@charged.uio.no> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1057673804.4357.27.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 08 Jul 2003 15:16:44 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 660 Lines: 15 On Maw, 2003-07-08 at 15:04, Trond Myklebust wrote: > This patch breaks NFS close-to-open cache consistency as it undoes > those changes that provide path revalidation for the case of > open("."). > The changelog entry doesn't even attempt to document this removal... I was a little suprised it went in, it never seemed a candidate for dealing with a stable tree, just optimisation stuff that is 2.5 material only - 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/