Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

[Kristian Sørensen]

Hi!

Anyone know why the dentry->d_qstr in linux-2.6.7 has changed to
dentry->d_name? (structure dentry defined in include/linux/dcache.h)


Cheers, KS.
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Kristian Sørensen <ks@cs.auc.dk>

Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

[Kristian Sørensen]

Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??

On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 17:51, Kristian Sørensen wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Anyone know why the dentry->d_qstr in linux-2.6.7 has changed to
> dentry->d_name? (structure dentry defined in include/linux/dcache.h)
> 
> 
> Cheers, KS.
-- 
Kristian Sørensen <ks@cs.auc.dk>

Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:04:29PM +0200, Kristian Sørensen wrote:
> Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??

There's certainly people who know.  Look into the changelog to read
what they have to say.

Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

[Martin Zwickel]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:04:29 +0200
Kristian Sørensen <ks@cs.auc.dk> bubbled:

> Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??

maybe this is for your interest:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/5/8/20

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Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

[Kristian Sørensen]

That is why I sent the mail... it was not mentioned!

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 16:10, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:04:29PM +0200, Kristian Sørensen wrote:
> > Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??
> 
> There's certainly people who know.  Look into the changelog to read
> what they have to say.
> 
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Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

[Kristian Sørensen]

Thanks for the link. That was indeed the information I was looking for
:)

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 16:15, Martin Zwickel wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:04:29 +0200
> Kristian Sørensen <ks@cs.auc.dk> bubbled:
> 
> > Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??
> 
> maybe this is for your interest:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/5/8/20
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Kristian Sørensen <ks@cs.auc.dk>

Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 01:55:37PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:04:29PM +0200, Kristian Sørensen wrote:
> > > Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??
> > 
> > There's certainly people who know.  Look into the changelog to read
> > what they have to say.
> > 
> 
> afaik there is no way to obtain changelog information from the BK web
> interface, which is a significant shortcoming.

Oh, okay.  Sorry for the RTFM then.  On the otherhand there's been an
url of a discussion on lwn.net posted now, so..

Re: Why dentry->d_qstr change in 2.6.7 ?

[Andrew Morton]

Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:04:29PM +0200, Kristian Sørensen wrote:
> > Can it really be, that noone knows why this change has been made !??
> 
> There's certainly people who know.  Look into the changelog to read
> what they have to say.
> 

afaik there is no way to obtain changelog information from the BK web
interface, which is a significant shortcoming.