Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> >> Subject: allow readdir(3) to return the same entry twice > > The thing is, this really is a kernel bug. We have even bisected it (and > it hasn't hit any released kernel). The original reporter showed it with a > simple "rm -r". > > So it really isn't a git bug, even though I initially thought it might be, > before I looked closer. > > That said, the git patch may be worth it just because two *concurrent* > invocations of "git clean" could then cause one (or both) to fail this > way. Yeah, or on perhaps a buggy implementation of readdir(3) on somebody else's system. In either case, I just thought it might be a low impact belt-and-suspenders fix that is worth considering. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
