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SubjectRe: wait4/waitpid/waitid oddness
On Thursday April 6, joshudson@gmail.com wrote:
> 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.

I wonder what you are doing about the conceptual problem of
What does ".." mean now?

NeilBrown
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