From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] VFS: new fgetattr() file operation Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:59:48 -0600 Message-ID: <20070924125948.GM10625@parisc-linux.org> References: <20070924123640.GA17409@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: hch@infradead.org, trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no, adilger@clusterfs.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org To: Miklos Szeredi Return-path: Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:45326 "EHLO mail.parisc-linux.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757411AbXIXM7u (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:59:50 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 02:48:08PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > 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. -- Intel are signing my paycheques ... these opinions are still mine "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step."