In message <1256152779-10054-16-git-send-email-vaurora@xxxxxxxxxx>, Valerie Aurora writes: > From: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx> > > This patch adds whiteout support to EXT2. A whiteout is an empty directory > entry (inode == 0) with the file type set to EXT2_FT_WHT. Therefore it > allocates space in directories. Due to being implemented as a filetype it is > necessary to have the EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE flag set. > > XXX - Whiteouts could be implemented as special symbolic links > > Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --- > fs/ext2/dir.c | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > fs/ext2/ext2.h | 3 + > fs/ext2/inode.c | 11 ++++- > fs/ext2/namei.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > fs/ext2/super.c | 7 +++ > include/linux/ext2_fs.h | 4 ++ > 6 files changed, 176 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c > index cb8ceff..d4628c0 100644 > --- a/fs/ext2/dir.c > +++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c > @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static inline int ext2_match (int len, const char * const name, > { > if (len != de->name_len) > return 0; > - if (!de->inode) > + if (!de->inode && (de->file_type != EXT2_FT_WHT)) The extra parens around (de->file_type != EXT2_FT_WHT) don't hurt but are unnecessary. Ditto in a couple of other places in this patch. Erez. -- 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