Hi! > > > I wouldn't bother with setting the directory type field to be DT_WHT, > > > given that they will never be returned to userspace anyway. > > > > At the moment I still rely on this for the current readdir implementation. > > Viro already said that he doesn't want to see this (the readdir changes) in > > the kernel but in userspace. > > Life gets very messy if you have to do this in userspace. Example: > statically linked programs that were compiled with a version of glibc > that didn't know about whiteout records. Unfortunately, the memory WEll, also if root deletes something, it should be _gone_, and user should not be able to work around that just by bringing statically linked ls.. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
