> > This patch fixes a problem when a inode which is the root of a mount > > becomes bad (make_bad_inode()). In this case follow_link will return > > -EIO, so the name resolution fails, and umount won't work. The > > solution is just to remove the follow_link method from bad_inode_ops. > > Any filesystem operation (other than unmount) will still fail, since > > every other method returns -EIO. > > I'm not all that sure that we want to follow symlinks in the last > pathname component upon umount, actually...
That could break existing usage, couldn't it? The damage wouldn't be too bad I guess, but still it would be a bigger change, than fixing bad_inode. Miklos - 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/
