René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Kjetil Barvik schrieb: >> - Also introduce a 'void clear_lstat_cache(void)' function, which >> should be used to clean the cache before usage. If for instance, >> you have changed the types of directories which should be cached, >> the cache could contain a path which was not wanted. > > Is it possible to make the cache detect these situations automatically > by saving track_flags along with the cache contents? Not having to > clear the cache manually would be a major feature. > Also, it's probably worth to split this patch up again. First switching > to your improved implementation of has_symlink_leading_path(), then > introducing has_symlink_or_noent_leading_path() and finally adding > LSTAT_FULLPATH and the fourth parameter of lstat_cache() etc. and using > this feature in entry.c seems like a nice incremental progression. Both are reasonable suggestions. Thanks. -- 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
