Re: full_name_hash
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:15:08 -0800 (PST)
> > > This patch makes full_name_hash work with 8-bit filenames.
> >
> > Doesn't it work anyway (just producing different hash values)?
>
> If you look in lookup_dentry(), it uses partial_name_hash, which
> produces correct values. These values are not compatible with the
> values that full_name_hash() uses.
>
Well, "correct" is not really applicable here (since the hash value is
arbitrary), but "not compatible" is obviously a serious problem.
-hpa
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