From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:46886 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932124AbcCKRez (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:34:55 -0500 Received: from int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.26]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 961CD70AB0 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:34:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (ovpn-204-30.brq.redhat.com [10.40.204.30]) by int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u2BHYqi5017143 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:34:54 -0500 To: Linux FS Devel From: Florian Weimer Subject: Can getdents return zero inode numbers? Message-ID: <56E301BC.9090405@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:34:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Is it possible that getdents returns a zero inode number for a name which actually has a file (or directory, device node etc.) behind it? Thanks, Florian