Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 7 Oct 2005 15:38:50 +0100 | | From | Al Viro <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] nfs: don't drop dentry in d_revalidate |
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On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 01:21:01PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > NFS d_revalidate() is doing things that are supposed to be done by > d_invalidate(). > > Dropping the dentry is especially bad, since it will make > d_invalidate() bypass all checks.
NAK. _IF_ you are going to start playing with that area, start with handling that stuff in caller before going after methods.
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