Matthew Wilcox wrote:
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:36:01AM -0500, Peter Staubach wrote:
@@ -1025,12 +1027,27 @@ static int fastcall link_path_walk(const
mntget(save.mnt);
result = __link_path_walk(name, nd);
- if (result == -ESTALE) {
+ while (result == -ESTALE) {
+
Hi.
This is a patch to enhance ESTALE error handling during the
lookup process. The error, ESTALE, can occur when out of data
dentries, stored in the dcache, is used to translate a pathname
component to a dentry. When this occurs, the dentry which
contains the pointer to the inode which refers
J. Bruce Fields wrote:
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 11:45:52AM -0500, Peter Staubach wrote:
Matthew Wilcox wrote:
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:36:01AM -0500, Peter Staubach wrote:
static int path_lookup_create(int dfd, const char *name,
- unsigned int
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 11:45:52AM -0500, Peter Staubach wrote:
Matthew Wilcox wrote:
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:36:01AM -0500, Peter Staubach wrote:
static int path_lookup_create(int dfd, const char *name,
- unsigned int lookup_flags, struct nameidata *nd,
-
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:36:01AM -0500, Peter Staubach wrote:
@@ -1025,12 +1027,27 @@ static int fastcall link_path_walk(const
mntget(save.mnt);
result = __link_path_walk(name, nd);
- if (result == -ESTALE) {
+ while (result == -ESTALE) {
+ /*
+
