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From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: malfet@gw.mipt.sw.ru
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: Question about ext2
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 malfet@gw.mipt.sw.ru wrote:

> I don't find this check in chain started from syscall and ends in ext2_rename
> Correct me if I'm wrong.

Take a look at may_delete(). Heck, it's even documented there -
 *  7. If we were asked to remove a directory and victim isn't one - ENOTDIR.
 *  8. If we were asked to remove a non-directory and victim isn't one - EISDIR.

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