Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:55:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:55:10 -0500 Received: from [150.146.2.236] ([150.146.2.236]:516 "EHLO lisa.rhpk.springfield.inwind.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:55:02 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:48:52 +0100 (CET) From: Cristiano Paris To: Subject: ramfs and inode Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I need an explanation, if possible. I'm pretty sure that a VFS' inode which refers to a ramfs' file is never released (i.e. deleted) until that is unlinked. Anyway, I cannot find a formal verification of this assertion. Can you help ? Cristiano - 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/