Bad inodes and ESTALE

[Andrey Vul]

Why do files/directories located on unreadable inodes cause ESTALE
when trying to access ( open()) or modify (unlink()) them?
I know it's caused by a bad inode because fsck -f fixes all of the problems.

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Andrey Vul
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