Re: [PATCH 0/4] fat: fix ESTALE errors

[Namjae Jeon]

2012/8/21, OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> And.. Hi Ogawa.
>> I checked other filesystem about unlink - inode issue. but I found
>> Ext4 have same issue.
>> Although other filesysm is having this issue, Can we think It could be
>> only FAT issue ?
>
> (I assume this issue == orphaned inode issue).
>
> ext* doesn't have this issue. If ext* made orphaned inode, ext* doesn't
> delete inode from inode table until calling iput() from last referencer.
>
> In FAT case, FAT inode is embedded into dir entry. So, if unlinked inode
> (then orphaned inode is detached (fat_detach())), FAT deletes inode (dir
> entry) from dir.
Sorry for my mistake. You're right.
I am looking up other solution.
Thanks
> --
> OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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