[PATCH] 2.2.x Fixes for stackable filesystems

2000-12-08 Thread William Taber
Linus, Alan, I am resubmitting this patch for inclusion in the 2.2.x tree because I received no response to my initial submission. This patch has been tested this on 2.2.14-2.2.17. At Usenix last summer, Stephen Tweedie and Ted T'so looked at it and saw no problems with it (which is why I have

[PATCH] 2.2.x Fixes for stackable filesystems

2000-10-26 Thread William Taber
Linus, Alan, I am proposing this patch for inclusion in the 2.2.x tree. (Whether it goes into 2.2.18 or 2.2.19 is your call.) We have run this successfully with 2.2.14 through 2.2.17. Our kernel patches help stacking file systems work properly in two areas: * dentry reference count fixes when