Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:06:25 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: invalidate inode given block? |
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On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Peter T. Breuer wrote:
> > Is there a simple way of telling a file system that it needs to revise > its opinion about an inode? I plan to sneak a change underneath on > disk, find the inode it belongs to, and invalidate it. > > Is that possible? I've been looking around fs/block_dev.c and it seems > to do related stuff, but I'm hoping someone can short circuit my > reading experience.
Details, please. Change what? Contents of the file, inode type, ownership, other metadata? Answer really depends.
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