On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Gerd M wrote: > >From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> > > > the dentries for /mnt/stuff/file1 and /mnt/other/file1 are the same but > >the vfsmounts are different. > > > >Why isn't their d_parent different? > > the d_parent only points to the parent in the current filesystem, i.e. it > doesn't cross mount points. > OK. You don't mean the "same dentry", you mean they are nearly the same. Ian -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
