Alexander Viro wrote:
> > It would seem that in order to, say, chdir, by given dentry I have to
> > use dentry->d_name.name and re-lookup again passing &mnt to
> > lookup_dentry()? Surely I am missing something because you wouldn't have
> > designed it this awkwardly on purpose?
>
> You _should_ _not_ chdir() by dentry. At all. Think what will happen if
> filesystem will be mounted in two different places, sharing the dentry tree.
> Dentry is not enough. And lookup_dentry() is going out - walk_name() is the
> replacement.
<raise eyebrow>
Dentries have completely changed their meaning during the second feature
freeze this year? How is it you're able to thoroughly mangle this stuff
and I can't get a simple DT_DIR patch looked at?
fchdir() does still work without races doesn't it?
-- Jamie
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