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SubjectRe: 2.5 'what to expect'

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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Maneesh Soni
IBM Linux Technology Center,
IBM India Software Lab, Bangalore.
Phone: +91-80-5044999 email: maneesh@in.ibm.com
http://lse.sourceforge.net/
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