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SubjectRe: knfsd and system crashes
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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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