> > But in the case of i_flag, it's apparently a required field for the VFS
> > functions being used by the networking layer, so networking needs to
> > give it a correct value.
>
> Accepted 8)
>
> The last question: is i_flags the only field not initialized
> properly in socket.c?
I don't know of any other dependencies on inode fields, but I'll check
further when I'm reviewing the network code. The i_flags usage is rather
subtle, as it's buried in macros that look at the inode fields.
On the positive side, maybe some of the i_flags bits will turn out to be
useful for networking :-)
Regards,
Bill
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