Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Apr 2006 23:40:02 -0700 | From | "Joshua Hudson" <> | Subject | Re: wait4/waitpid/waitid oddness |
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On 4/6/06, Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> wrote: > On Apr 6, 2006, at 22:09:48, Joshua Hudson wrote: > > I'm the guy who removed the check in link() about source is a > > directory, found out what broke, and am working on a patch to fix > > all the resulting breakage. Your task is apt to be a lot simpler. > > I seem to recall the reason why hardlinking directories was > prohibited had something more to do with some unfixable races and > deadlocks in the kernel; not to mention creating self-referential > directory trees that are never freed and chew up disk space.
You recall correctly. I have fixed the self-referrential problem, and I am testing a fix for the races and deadlocks. Desk proof is not good enough for me. - 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/
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