Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] pass open file to ->setattr()

[Bodo Eggert]

Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> > This is needed to be able to correctly implement open-unlink-fsetattr
>> > semantics in some filesystem such as sshfs, without having to resort
>> > to "silly-renaming".
>> 
>> How do you plan to do that?
> 
> Easy: the SFTP protocol has stateful opens and defines an FSTAT call.

Is it possible to reconnect without umounting? If yes, the unlinked files
would be lost in spite of being opened, wouldn't they?
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