Re: [patch] vfs: fix lookup on deleted directory

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Al,

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Al Viro wrote:
> I wonder if it would be better to do that in a slightly different way:
> if ->lookup() returns negative dentry, check if parent is dead and drop
> the sucker if it is.

Either is fine by me.

OT: could we have some feedback about patches I submitted during the
last couple of weeks?  They aren't terribly complex, so really I don't
think it would take more than 10 minutes of your time to review and
ack/nack them.

But even just saying that you're busy and will look at them at
whatever time would be better than the complete silence that usually
follows patch submissions.

Also there's the unprivileged mounts patchset, that has been waiting
for the last year or so.  That's a bit more complex stuff, but it's
not going to get better by sitting around in -mm.  Is there a
possibility of that getting reviewed for 2.6.27?

Thanks,
Miklos
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