On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 03:10:01PM +0100, Greg Kurz wrote:
> When passed an empty filename, lookup_name() returns the inode of
> the parent directory, unless the parent is the root in which case
> the st_dev doesn't match and lo_find() returns NULL. This is
> because lookup_name() passes AT_EMPTY_P
On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:13:36 -0600
Connor Kuehl wrote:
> On 3/12/21 8:10 AM, Greg Kurz wrote:
> > When passed an empty filename, lookup_name() returns the inode of
> > the parent directory, unless the parent is the root in which case
> > the st_dev doesn't match and lo_find() returns NULL. This i
On 3/12/21 8:10 AM, Greg Kurz wrote:
When passed an empty filename, lookup_name() returns the inode of
the parent directory, unless the parent is the root in which case
the st_dev doesn't match and lo_find() returns NULL. This is
because lookup_name() passes AT_EMPTY_PATH down to fstatat() or
sta
When passed an empty filename, lookup_name() returns the inode of
the parent directory, unless the parent is the root in which case
the st_dev doesn't match and lo_find() returns NULL. This is
because lookup_name() passes AT_EMPTY_PATH down to fstatat() or
statx().
This behavior doesn't quite make
