Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern

[David Holland <dholland%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 03:10:13AM +0000, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
 > > Log Message:
 > > Fail namei immediately if searchdir is unlinked / has been rmdir'd.
 > > Do this by checking if v_size == 0. Should fix PR 44658 (and PR 32661).
 > 
 > why is this necessary?  can't we just let VOP_LOOKUP fail?

Not to fix PR 44658.

 > the v_size == 0 check sounds wrong.  does it work for eg. nfs?

It apparently does break nullfs, so I've reverted it.

Is there any way to check this correctly/safely above the filesystem?

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David A. Holland
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