Linus Torvalds wrote: > This function is only called for path components that are already known > to be directories (they have a '->lookup' method). So don't bother > doing that whole S_ISDIR() testing, A few years ago you briefly discussed diddling the VFS to accept objects which are both files and directories. That is, have ->lookup() and also can be read as regular files. I don't know if your thinking has changed, and I don't particularly care, only thought I'd remind in case it's something you'd like to support at some point. -- Jamie -- 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