| Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:21:16 +0530 | From | Maneesh Soni <> | Subject | Re: 2.5 'what to expect' |
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Hi Dave,
Can you add the following two points appended to the Generic VFS changes list?
Thanks Maneesh
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 02:04:59PM +0000, Dave Jones wrote: [...] > > Generic VFS changes. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - Since Linux 2.5.1 it is possible to atomically move a subtree to > another place. The call is... > mount --move olddir newdir > - Since 2.5.43, dmask=value sets the umask applied to directories only. > The default is the umask of the current process. > The fmask=value sets the umask applied to regular files only. > Again, the default is the umask of the current process. - Since 2.5.62, dcache lookup is dcache_lock free. This does not affect normal filesystems as long as they follow proper dcache interfaces. Care should be taken (like holding per dentry lock) if one is racing with d_lookup bringing a new dentry in dcache. - Since 2.5.75-bk1 onwards separate lock is used for vfsmounts instead of dcache_lock.
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