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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] vfs: fix d_path() for unreachable paths
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:43, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 03:38:57PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:10:17AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> > it works without having to copy & paste the same exact structures over
>> > and over.  a suggestion as how to do it cleanly without bloating the
>> > code is certainly welcome.  it doesnt really matter that it's on the
>> > stack as the usage is small and d_path() is given the size of the
>> > buffer, so it isnt going to overflow.
>
> PS: as to why it is broken...  Consider e.g.
>        mount --bind /proc/cplbinfo/cpu0 /mnt
>        cat /mnt/icplb
> Or, better yet,
>        mount -t proc none /mnt/cpu
>        cat /mnt/cpu/cplbinfo/cpu0/icplb

i'm not disagreeing that it doesnt work under all random VFS
scenarios. just that the realistic ones all work.
-mike
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