> > > and if that means adding silly rename support so be it. > > > > That's what is done currently. > > > > But it's has various dawbacks, like rmdir doesn't work if there are > > open files within an otherwise empty directory. > > > > I'd happily accept suggestions on how to deal with this differenty. > > Only sillyrename files with nlink > 1? I don't see how attributes can > change anything for a deleted file.
I don't quite understand your suggestion. A file isn't deleted while there are still links or open files refering to it. So getting the attributes for a file with nlink==0 is perfectly valid while the file is still open. 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. Miklos - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
