Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:17:10 +0100 | From | jblunck@suse ... | Subject | Re: [RFC,PATCH] libfs dcache_readdir() and dcache_dir_lseek() bugfix |
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On Fri, Nov 04, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > Your patch is not a solution, since readdir will remain nonconforming. > It is basically a workaround for a bug in glibc.
Updating the glibc is no solution because this isn't possible here. And I still have the opinion that it is the filesystems job to remember the right offset. At least this is what SuSV3 is telling me.
> It makes readdir > nonconforming in a different way, but the end result in not > necessarily better.
Hmm, yes you are right.
> > If you manage to make dcache_readdir conform to SUS without overly > bloating the implementation, that's fine.
Will look into that, if its possible.
Regards, Jan Blunck
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