Dentries for the anonymous inode are *not* named based on the inode sequence number. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/anon_inodes.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c index bbfa038..ee81409 100644 --- a/fs/anon_inodes.c +++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c @@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name, if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner)) return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); - /* - * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name - * using the inode sequence number. - */ + /* Create a dentry for the new file. */ file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); this.name = name; this.len = strlen(name); -- 2.1.2 -- 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