Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: knfsd and system crashes | Date | Sat, 15 Nov 1997 22:03:46 +0000 (GMT) |
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> The problem is that I need a dentry (i.e. a path) in order to use the > file in the filehandle. Getting the inode from iget() is no problem, but > unless I've overlooked something major, I don't see how this helps get > the path.
IMHO the problem is that you can't open a file handle by inode. The rest of it is attempting to work around a flaw in the dentry code. Better to fix dentry opening by inode. It may turn out quicker too judging by the current convolutions
Alan
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