hostfs does not have problems with references to unlinked directories. CC: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> CC: user-mode-linux-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c index e6816b9..2638c83 100644 --- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c +++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c @@ -683,8 +683,6 @@ int hostfs_rmdir(struct inode *ino, struct dentry *dentry) char *file; int err; - dentry_unhash(dentry); - if ((file = dentry_name(dentry)) == NULL) return -ENOMEM; err = do_rmdir(file); @@ -738,9 +736,6 @@ int hostfs_rename(struct inode *from_ino, struct dentry *from, char *from_name, *to_name; int err; - if (to->d_inode && S_ISDIR(to->d_inode->i_mode)) - dentry_unhash(to); - if ((from_name = dentry_name(from)) == NULL) return -ENOMEM; if ((to_name = dentry_name(to)) == NULL) { -- 1.7.0 -- 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