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SubjectRe: [RFC,PATCH] libfs dcache_readdir() and dcache_dir_lseek() bugfix
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> > > 
> > > SuSV3 only says: "If a file is removed from or added to the
> > > directory after the most recent call to opendir() or
> > > rewinddir(), whether a subsequent call to readdir_r() returns an
> > > entry for that file is unspecified."
> >
> > IOW, the applications in question are broken since they rely on
> > unspecified behaviour, not provided by old libc versions.
>
> No. SuSV3 only says that the behavior of readdir() is unspecified
> w.r.t. an entry for the removed/added file. I think readdir() should
> still return the entries which are not removed/added. What do you
> think?

What 'rm' is this? Mine (coreutils 5.2.1) doesn't do any seeking and
I don't think that glibc does either.

Miklos
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