Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Jun 2003 18:56:23 -0700 | From | Frank Cusack <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] nfs_unlink() again, and trivial nfs_fhget |
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On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 06:46:23PM -0700, Frank Cusack wrote: > It's to prevent RENAME of silly-renamed files. Doing so in VFS is a > one-liner, and I agree that the VFS should be as clean as possible, > but let's face it, the VFS *must* have specific fs knowledge. eg,
I hate to keep following up myself, but I forgot one point I had in mind: other code in may_delete() is already fs-specific.
IS_APPEND IS_IMMUTABLE check_sticky
These things aren't generic, they require specific support from the fs. /fc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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