Re: Linux-2.2.2-pre2..

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:16:40 -0800 (PST)

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On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Alexander Viro wrote:
>
> Linus, we have quite a problem with converting NFS idea of rename() into
> the new scheme. It actively tweaks dcache and IMHO it means that we'ld
> better shift silly_rename logic into the VFS (for filesystems that do not
> keep open unlinked files alive).

Oh, don't do anything special for regular open files: only use the
d_unhash/d_rehash/d_move thing for directories. Leave the NFS regular file
code as-is..

Linus

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