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Joshua Hudson writes: > Some people seem to think that I am proposing to do something. > Understand that I have done it for 2.6.17-rc4 and am currently > involved in bringing it forward to newer kernels. > > > > > What is the parent of a hard linked directory? What is the parent if > > the link in "the parent" is deleted? > > The parent is any and all directories that contain a link to the > stated directory. ".." points back along the path the referrer used > to reach the current directory (this behavior is already in kernel: > didn't have to lift a finger to get it). That won't work for kernel NFS server, using ->get_parent() method to obtain parent directory. Well... this is probably the smallest problem with hard-linked directories, though. Nikita. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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