Re: [PATCH] nfs_unlink() race (was: nfs_refresh_inode: inode

[Alan Cox]

On Mer, 2003-06-11 at 17:31, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On 11 Jun 2003, Alan Cox wrote:
> > 
> > fs/vfat - d_revalidate: vfat_revalidate
> 
> That still shouldn't cause ESTALE, it should just force a dropping of the 
> dentry, and a re-lookup (and that, in turn, should either get the right 
> thing, or should return ENOENT).
> 
> Or are you talking about 2.4.x and that is doing something strange these
> days?
> 
> [ You have entered the twilight zone: "Tee-dee tee-dee.." ]

I've seen it on early 2.5 and on 2.4, current 2.5.x seems to be ok from 
a quick test.