Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc4] proc: Remove/Fix proc generic d_revalidate

2007-12-10 Thread vandrove
Quoting Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:32:18 +0300 "Denis V. Lunev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Plese don't top-post. It makes replying to you rather awkward. > > > could you, plz, check patch sent by Eric above in this thread. > > > > I have tried it on my

Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc4] proc: Remove/Fix proc generic d_revalidate

2007-12-10 Thread Andrew Morton
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:32:18 +0300 "Denis V. Lunev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Plese don't top-post. It makes replying to you rather awkward. > could you, plz, check patch sent by Eric above in this thread. > > I have tried it on my test node and it works for module you have > provided. The p

Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc4] proc: Remove/Fix proc generic d_revalidate

2007-12-10 Thread Denis V. Lunev
could you, plz, check patch sent by Eric above in this thread. I have tried it on my test node and it works for module you have provided. The problem exists without it. Regards, Den Petr Vandrovec wrote: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> Ultimately to implement /proc perfectly we need an imp

Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc4] proc: Remove/Fix proc generic d_revalidate

2007-12-09 Thread Petr Vandrovec
Eric W. Biederman wrote: Ultimately to implement /proc perfectly we need an implementation of d_revalidate because files and directories can be removed behind the back of the VFS, and d_revalidate is the only way we can let the VFS know that this has happened. So until we get a proper test for k

Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc4] proc: Remove/Fix proc generic d_revalidate

2007-12-08 Thread Shane
On Dec 7, 2007 11:25 PM, Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ultimately to implement /proc perfectly we need an implementation > of d_revalidate because files and directories can be removed behind > the back of the VFS, and d_revalidate is the only way we can let > the VFS know that th

[PATCH 2.6.24-rc4] proc: Remove/Fix proc generic d_revalidate

2007-12-07 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Ultimately to implement /proc perfectly we need an implementation of d_revalidate because files and directories can be removed behind the back of the VFS, and d_revalidate is the only way we can let the VFS know that this has happened. Unfortunately the linux VFS can not cope with anything in the