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DateTue, 10 Jun 2003 22:30:10 -0700 (PDT)
FromLinus Torvalds <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] nfs_unlink() race (was: nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch)
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> 
> Two different dentries for the same file is obviously not a problem...

It _is_ a problem. It does the wrong thing on any subsequent directory
operation (move or unlink). 

Multiple aliased dentries have never been ok, unless the filesystem 
explicitly handles them and invalidates them (ie ntfs/fat kind of things).

		Linus

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