Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: updated msdos patch for 2.1.72 | Date | Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:02:27 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Bill Hawes <whawes@star.net> said: > In addition to preserving error semantics, leaving the negative dentry > in place will speed up operations if for some reason the invalid name is > used a lot. This might be the case with certain wild-card names like > *.bak or whatever.
What happens if somebody creates xyz.bak after creating the negative dentry? I think situations like this argue against "wildcard" dentries.
Just wondering... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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