Re: knfsd and system crashes
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 15 Nov 1997 22:03:46 +0000 (GMT)
> The problem is that I need a dentry (i.e. a path) in order to use the
> file in the filehandle. Getting the inode from iget() is no problem, but
> unless I've overlooked something major, I don't see how this helps get
> the path.
IMHO the problem is that you can't open a file handle by inode. The rest
of it is attempting to work around a flaw in the dentry code. Better
to fix dentry opening by inode. It may turn out quicker too judging by the
current convolutions
Alan