Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Nov 2005 13:20:21 +0100 | From | jblunck@suse ... | Subject | Re: [RFC,PATCH] libfs dcache_readdir() and dcache_dir_lseek() bugfix |
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On Fri, Nov 04, Al Viro wrote:
> > > > SuSV3 only says: > > "If a file is removed from or added to the directory after the most recent > > call to opendir() or rewinddir(), whether a subsequent call to readdir_r() > > returns an entry for that file is unspecified." > > IOW, the applications in question are broken since they rely on unspecified > behaviour, not provided by old libc versions.
No. SuSV3 only says that the behavior of readdir() is unspecified w.r.t. an entry for the removed/added file. I think readdir() should still return the entries which are not removed/added. What do you think?
Regards, Jan Blunck
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