Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

OGAWA Hirofumi
2009-05-02T10:23:11Z

OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> writes:

> Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>
>> Subject: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option
>>
>> When this option is enabled the VFAT filesystem will refuse to create
>> new files with long names. Accessing existing files with long names
>> will continue to work.
>>
>> File names to be created must conform to the 8.3 format. Mixed case is
>> not allowed in either the prefix or the suffix.
>
> I'll answer to only technical part. This patch creates different name
> internally, without renaming dcache. Are you really sure if that's ok?

Ah, sorry. I'm missing (is_shortname == 0) part.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>