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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: initramfs buffer spec -- second draft
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:17:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C40EE23.6010906@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0201122045540.24774-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>

Alexander Viro wrote:

>> 
> +				or "00000000" if it's 070701.  Kernel
> +				is not expected to verify it in any case.
>  


Check.


>  
> - The c_filesize should be zero for any non-regular file.
> + The c_filesize can be non-zero only for regular files and symlinks.
> + For symlinks data and c_filesize match the results of readlink(2).
> + Having more than one link to a symlink is illegal.
> 

Why can't you have more than one link to a symlink?

	-hpa


  reply	other threads:[~2002-01-13  2:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200201120804.AAA19339@cesium.transmeta.com>
2002-01-13  2:00 ` initramfs buffer spec -- second draft Alexander Viro
2002-01-13  2:17   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-01-13  4:11     ` Alexander Viro
2002-01-13 19:55   ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-01-12  8:04 H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-13 19:43 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-13 20:08   ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-13 19:53 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-01-13 20:11   ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-13 20:58     ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-01-13 21:59       ` Alexander Viro
2002-01-13 22:35         ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-01-14 18:31       ` Kai Henningsen
2002-01-15  0:26         ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-13 20:39   ` Alexander Viro
2002-01-15  6:34     ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-15  6:34     ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-15  6:54     ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-16 20:40       ` Bill Davidsen
2002-01-15 15:15     ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-15 20:03       ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-15 20:16         ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-15 20:14           ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-15 23:01             ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-15 23:47               ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-15 21:04           ` Andreas Dilger
2002-01-15 23:09             ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-15 23:48               ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-15 23:59               ` Andreas Dilger
2002-01-16  0:29                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-16  3:33                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-16  3:25           ` Alexander Viro
2002-01-16  2:43   ` Aaron Lehmann

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