Al, Am 16.05.2017 um 01:50 schrieb Al Viro: > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 09:51:03PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > >>> I doubt it's the right solution to make fscrypt_d_revalidate() look at >>> ->i_nlink, since ->d_revalidate() is meant to validate the filename, not the >>> inode. I think there is probably a VFS bug that is causing the dentries to not >>> be freed. >> >> Not sure. Al? :-) > > What's to tell VFS that they are garbage? If your code doesn't do it, > VFS has no way to know. And I certainly agree that using ->d_revalidate() > to trigger their unhashing is a bloody odd design; take it up with whoever > had come up with it... Not sure whether I understood your answer. What is the preferred way to inform VFS that the dentry is no longer valid? Thanks, //richard
