On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Neil Brown wrote: > Call fat_iget(i_location). > If this finds something, check i_logstart. > If it matches, assume SUCCESS. > > Then comes the tricky bit: read the directory entry > indicated by i_location, check the i_logstart is right, > if it is, try to get it into the inode cache properly. Uh-huh. Suppose that directory had been removed and space had been reused by a regular file. Which had been filled with the right contents. It's really not hard to do. Now, remove that file and you've got a nice data corruption waiting to happen. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
