2004-06-19 15:51:47

by Kristian Sørensen

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Subject: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

Hi!

Anyone know why the dentry->d_qstr in linux-2.6.7 has changed to
dentry->d_name? (structure dentry defined in include/linux/dcache.h)


Cheers, KS.
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2004-06-23 14:04:08

by Kristian Sørensen

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Subject: Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??

On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 17:51, Kristian S?rensen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Anyone know why the dentry->d_qstr in linux-2.6.7 has changed to
> dentry->d_name? (structure dentry defined in include/linux/dcache.h)
>
>
> Cheers, KS.
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2004-06-23 14:10:33

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:04:29PM +0200, Kristian S?rensen wrote:
> Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??

There's certainly people who know. Look into the changelog to read
what they have to say.

2004-06-23 14:15:59

by Martin Zwickel

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Subject: Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:04:29 +0200
Kristian S?rensen <[email protected]> bubbled:

> Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??

maybe this is for your interest:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/5/8/20

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2004-06-23 14:22:40

by Kristian Sørensen

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Subject: Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

That is why I sent the mail... it was not mentioned!

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 16:10, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:04:29PM +0200, Kristian S?rensen wrote:
> > Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??
>
> There's certainly people who know. Look into the changelog to read
> what they have to say.
>
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2004-06-23 14:23:42

by Kristian Sørensen

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Subject: Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

Thanks for the link. That was indeed the information I was looking for
:)

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 16:15, Martin Zwickel wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:04:29 +0200
> Kristian S?rensen <[email protected]> bubbled:
>
> > Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??
>
> maybe this is for your interest:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/5/8/20
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2004-06-23 20:53:04

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:04:29PM +0200, Kristian S?rensen wrote:
> > Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??
>
> There's certainly people who know. Look into the changelog to read
> what they have to say.
>

afaik there is no way to obtain changelog information from the BK web
interface, which is a significant shortcoming.

2004-06-23 20:54:43

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 01:55:37PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:04:29PM +0200, Kristian S?rensen wrote:
> > > Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??
> >
> > There's certainly people who know. Look into the changelog to read
> > what they have to say.
> >
>
> afaik there is no way to obtain changelog information from the BK web
> interface, which is a significant shortcoming.

Oh, okay. Sorry for the RTFM then. On the otherhand there's been an
url of a discussion on lwn.net posted now, so..