Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] vfs: ensure that dentries are revalidated on open (try #2) | From | Miklos Szeredi <> | Date | Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:33:56 +0100 |
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On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Trond Myklebust wrote: > > Having said that, doing revalidation for proc symlinks and bind mounts > > (and not just for opens) might make sense. This is something similar > > to FS_REVAL_DOT, so perhaps make it conditional on this flag (or a > > new, appropriately named one). > > Aren't both proc symlinks and bind mounts pretty much guaranteed to > point to a valid dentry?
It could for example happen that client bind mounts a regular file, then the file is unlinked on the server. Then the bind mounted dentry is no longer valid.
Thanks, Miklos
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