Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 2012/12/3, OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> From: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> This patch enables rebuilding of directory inodes which are not present >>> in the cache.This is done by traversing the disk clusters to find the >>> directory entry of the parent directory and using its i_pos to build the >>> inode. >>> Do this only if the "nostale_ro" nfs mount option is specified. >> >> This became much better than before. However, we have to consolidate the >> code with fat_search_long() finally. >> >> E.g. this version is having the issue already fixed. If there is >> corruption in fat cluster-chain, it lead to infinite >> loop. fat_get_cluster() checks infinite loop by limit. > since, the focus this time was for NFS functionality for FAT (removing > ESTALE error). The changes were made in that context. > > Later, we can make the changes as part of code reorganizing which can > be controlled via. Separate patches which do not have any impact on > default functionality and verification can be carried out in that > scope. Right. But non-production code shouldn't go into linus tree. I meant, we can test this patch series, but not yet production quality. -- OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- 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
