Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:30:10 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] nfs_unlink() race (was: nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch) |
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > > Two different dentries for the same file is obviously not a problem...
It _is_ a problem. It does the wrong thing on any subsequent directory operation (move or unlink).
Multiple aliased dentries have never been ok, unless the filesystem explicitly handles them and invalidates them (ie ntfs/fat kind of things).
Linus
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