Return-Path: Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129]:51616 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750849AbbCLXPO (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:15:14 -0400 From: Nix To: Trond Myklebust Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, Neil Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] NFS: Don't invalidate a submounted dentry in nfs_prime_dcache() References: <1424736897-95767-1-git-send-email-trond.myklebust@primarydata.com> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:15:10 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1424736897-95767-1-git-send-email-trond.myklebust@primarydata.com> (Trond Myklebust's message of "Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:14:55 -0500") Message-ID: <87wq2llse9.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 24 Feb 2015, Trond Myklebust stated: > If we're traversing a directory which contains a submounted filesystem, > or one that has a referral, the NFS server that is processing the READDIR > request will often return information for the underlying (mounted-on) > directory. It may, or may not, also return filehandle information. FWIW, this never seems to have made it into 3.19.x, nor is it in the stable queue. Was this intentional? > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.18+ (... hm, I guess so...) -- NULL && (void)