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

[Trond Myklebust]

>>>>> " " == Frank Cusack <[e-mail]> writes:

     > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 06:40:43PM +0200, Trond Myklebust
     > wrote:
    >> If people prefer 'rm -rf' correctness instead of
    >> unlinked-but-open, then we could do that by changing the
    >> behaviour of 'unlink' on a silly-deleted filed. Currently it
    >> returns EBUSY, but we could just as well have it complete the
    >> unlink, and mark the inode as being stale...

     > Actually, *currently* it unlinks. :-) That's the problem.

No. The problem is that it aliases the dentry, and so it unlinks
incorrectly...

Cheers,
  Trond