Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763164AbXJTKLM (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:11:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755849AbXJTKK6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:10:58 -0400 Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:38553 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755026AbXJTKK5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:10:57 -0400 Message-Id: <20071020100903.717837398@X40.localnet> User-Agent: quilt/0.46-62.1 Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:09:03 +0200 From: Jan Blunck To: Christoph Hellwig , Alexander Viro Cc: Linux-Kernel Mailinglist , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC 0/2] readdir() as an inode operation Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 602 Lines: 14 This is a first try to move readdir() to become an inode operation. This is necessary for a VFS implementation of "something like union-mounts" where a readdir() needs to read the directory contents of multiple directories. Besides that the new interface is no longer giving the struct file to the filesystem implementations anymore. Comments, please? Jan - 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/