Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:16:36 -0400 | From | sridhar vaidyanathan <> | Subject | 2.4.0 sys_unlink |
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sys_unlink in 2.4 calls path_walk which does a lookup. There is also a "restricted" lookup called lookup_hash which is called after that, which actually returns the dentry. Why is it done this way? Why cant the dentry be got from path_walk itself. Correct me if I am wrong. I am not subscribed - so send me n email -sridhar - 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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