Re: [PATCH] ramfs: pretend dirent sizes

[Jan Blunck]

Bodo Eggert wrote:
> Jan Blunck <j.blunck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Andrew Morton wrote:
>
>
> > > Does it really matter?
> > >
> >
> > Yes! At least for me and my union mounts implementation.
>
>
> Is there a reason for not using size == link-count (or even static)?

Yes, the link count is only increased for subdirectories (because of the 
".." link) and not for regular files.

Jan
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