> > If a network filesystem protocol can't handle operations (be it data > > or metadata) on an unlinked file, we must do sillirenaming, so that > > the file is not actually unlinked. > > Or not support such a broken protocol at all.
Wonder what people would say if we removed support for NFSv[23]. Just because a protocol does not support "perfect" UNIX semantics, it doesn't mean it's broken. By that standard almost all network filesystem protocols are severely broken. Miklos - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html