On 2005-09-06 19:27, Igor Shmukler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps, I do not get it or maybe you are do not getting my point. > > There are times when resolving would not be possible or a name returned is > not necessarily the one used when file was first accessed. We have discussed > it here and everyone agreed on that. The hardlinks or files unlinked while > vnode is still open are corner cases. The unlink is a bit more difficult to > deal with, but hardlinks are probably not a big issue. As long as we can get > A name, we may not even need to know THE name.
Why does it make sense to get name A in the following scenario then? user 1 creates file A user 1 hardlinks this to B user 1 gets the "real name" of A user 2 deletes file A user 2 creates a new file called A user 1 tries to access A and gets something unexpected Corner cases and their handling *is* important. Find another way to do whatever it is you're thinking you can do with "the real name of a vnode". _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"