> I would suggest just moving the i_mode initialization from > proc_fd_instantiate() into the revalidate function that we already > have, and that already fixes up i_uid/i_gid etc. Attached is a TOTALLY > UNTESTED patch that does this, and actually seems to simplify things > in the process. I think this is bogus. We don't give a fuck about *any* of those fields for symlinks; the only problem here is that default ->getattr() uses them to fill ->st_mode et.al. The same goes for ->i_uid/->i_gid. So how about simply adding ->getattr() for those guys? And to hell with assignments in that ->d_revalidate() instance... -- 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
