Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:54:51 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: UTF-8 and case-insensitivity |
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Jamie Lokier wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > For example, the rule can be that _any_ regular dentry create will > > invalidate all the "case-insensitive" dentries. Just to be simple about > > it. > > If that's the rule, then with exactly the same algorithmic efficiency, > readdir+dnotify can be used to maintain the cache in userspace > instead. There is nothing gained by using the helper module in that case.
Wrong.
Because the dnotify would trigger EVEN FOR SAMBA OPERATIONS.
Think about it. Think about samba doing a "rename()" within the directory.
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