Re: dentries and a few other things. (fwd)

Jim Nance (jlnance@avanticorp.com)
Thu, 17 Jul 1997 07:43:18 -0400 (EDT)


Linus wrote:

> Only one
> of these is the reverse mapping from inodes to names, that UNIX
> traditionally cannot do (getting the current working directory name is a
> special case of this, but the dcache is much more general than just that).

How is the problem of a single inode having multiple names handled? Do you
just return the fist one you find? Also, what happens if move an open
file. Do you get the new name or the old name?

Thanks,

Jim