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From: Rob Sims <lkml-z@robsims.com>
To: Joshua Hudson <joshudson@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: what is necessary for directory hard links
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:28:25 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060721202825.GB29656@robsims.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bda6d13a0607201804je89fc3exd0b8f821509a3894@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 06:04:49PM -0700, Joshua Hudson wrote:
> This patch is the sum total of all that I had to change in the kernel
> VFS layer to support hard links to directories and a few worse things
> (hard links to things that are sometimes directories). Never mind
> about do_path_lookup. I call that from an ioctl (flink).
 
What is the parent of a hard linked directory?  What is the parent if
the link in "the parent" is deleted?
-- 
Rob
  A man is known by the company he organizes.
  		-- Ambrose Bierce

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-07-21 20:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-21  1:04 what is necessary for directory hard links Joshua Hudson
2006-07-21 18:49 ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-07-21 20:28 ` Rob Sims [this message]
2006-07-21 21:57   ` Joshua Hudson
2006-07-24  6:42     ` Nikita Danilov
     [not found] <6ARGK-19L-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <6B8og-1iB-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
2006-07-22 16:59   ` Bodo Eggert
2006-07-22 18:13     ` Joshua Hudson
2006-07-24  6:45       ` Nikita Danilov
2006-07-24  7:25         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-24 16:21           ` Joshua Hudson
2006-07-24 17:55             ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-07-24 18:22             ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-25  4:49               ` Joshua Hudson
2006-07-25 12:43                 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-25 14:47                 ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-07-23  2:19     ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-07-23 22:27       ` Vernon Mauery
2006-07-25 23:43       ` Peter Chubb
     [not found] <6CcT1-1lH-39@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <6Cwov-5xl-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
2006-07-25 21:28   ` Bodo Eggert
2006-07-26  1:00     ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-07-26  9:13       ` Bodo Eggert

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