Re: patch to fix 2.1.49 busy inodes

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Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Thu, 14 Aug 1997 15:40:50 +0100 (BST)

> AC - Should abstract sockets even have inodes? This problems rings a
> bell from 15-18 months ago.

Its the easiest way to make normal file operations do the right thing,
stuff like read/write/fstat..