Messages in this thread | | | From | Kyle Moffett <> | Subject | Re: wait4/waitpid/waitid oddness | Date | Fri, 7 Apr 2006 01:38:09 -0400 |
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On Apr 6, 2006, at 22:09:48, Joshua Hudson wrote: > I'm the guy who removed the check in link() about source is a > directory, found out what broke, and am working on a patch to fix > all the resulting breakage. Your task is apt to be a lot simpler.
I seem to recall the reason why hardlinking directories was prohibited had something more to do with some unfixable races and deadlocks in the kernel; not to mention creating self-referential directory trees that are never freed and chew up disk space.
Cheers, Kyle Moffett
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