Re: [PATCH 6/7] vfs: only add " (deleted)" where necessary

[Miklos Szeredi]

On Mon, 02 Aug 2010, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxx wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:20:01 +0200, Miklos Szeredi said:
> 
> > Index: linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/dcache.c	2010-07-06 18:08:16.000000000 +0200
> > +++ linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c	2010-07-06 18:08:19.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -1977,8 +1977,7 @@ global_root:
> >   * @buffer: buffer to return value in
> >   * @buflen: buffer length
> >   *
> > - * Convert a dentry into an ASCII path name. If the entry has been deleted
> > - * the string " (deleted)" is appended. Note that this is ambiguous.
> > + * Convert a dentry into an ASCII path name.
> >   *
> >   * Returns a pointer into the buffer or an error code if the
> >   * path was too long.
> 
> I'd prefer the comment about it being ambiguous remain.  I'm waiting
> to see how long it takes for somebody to create a security hole by
> creating a file called '/etc/some/thing/important (deleted)' and
> having some software Do The Wrong Thing instead to
> /etc/some/thing/important.

The same comment is left intact on top of d_path().

It is removed from __d_path() because this function no longer appends
"(deleted)".

Thanks,
Miklos
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