From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] hfsplus: Fix bless ioctl when used with hardlinks Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:01:04 -0400 Message-ID: <20120617210104.GA22818@infradead.org> References: <1334609838-14831-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Matthew Garrett , hch@infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Josh Boyer Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 07:57:24AM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > HFS+ doesn't really implement hard links - instead, hardlinks are indicated > > by a magic file type which refers to an indirect node in a hidden > > directory. The spec indicates that stat() should return the inode number > > of the indirect node, but it turns out that this doesn't satisfy the > > firmware when it's looking for a bootloader - it wants the catalog ID of > > the hardlink file instead. Fix up this case. > > > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett > > --- > > > > V2 cleans up the casting. > > Did this patch get dropped on the floor? It's been almost 2 months > since it was submitted. It just got missed, sorry. I'll send it along ASAP.