> BTW, why on the earth do you have that: > static int xattr_hide_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) > { > if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > return -EPERM; > } > when the sole intent of that sucker is to have dentry of /.xattr (pinned > in dcache and hashed all along) rejected on lookups from root? IOW, WTF > bother with -ECHILD here at all? PS: that's fs/reiserfs/xattr.c -- 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