On Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 10:23:42AM +0200, Marco Stornelli wrote: > +static int pram_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry) > +{ > + struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; > + struct pram_inode *pi; > + int err = -ENOTEMPTY; > + > + if (!inode) > + return -ENOENT; > + > + pi = pram_get_inode(dir->i_sb, inode->i_ino); > + > + /* directory to delete is empty? */ > + if (pi->i_type.dir.tail == 0) { > + inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime; > + inode->i_size = 0; > + clear_nlink(inode); > + pram_write_inode(inode, NULL); > + pram_dec_count(dir); > + err = 0; > + } else { > + pram_dbg("dir not empty\n"); > + } > + > + return err; > +} ... and here you are paying for delayed removal of entries: mkdir foo touch foo/bar rm -rf foo <foo/bar will fail, since opened-and-unlinked file in effect keeps the directory where it used to be "not empty" from your rmdir (and rename) POV. -- 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