I can't claim to understnd the code well enough, but may I request the commit message: To avoid races path_connected must be called after following a path - component to it's next path component. + component to its next path component. The recommended mnemonic is: Whose? My, your, his, her, its, our, their. Whose? Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs. Who's? I'm, you're, he's, she's, it's, we're they're. Who's? I've, you've, he's, she's, it's, we've, they've. -- 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