linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] procfs: make /proc style symlinks behave like "normal" symlinks

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Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:31:40 +0100
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
CC:	jlayton@...hat.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] procfs: make /proc style symlinks behave like "normal"
 symlinks

On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Adding the missing revalidations is fine, but I don't believe that
> > helps to fix Pavel's issue. I'll go back and take a more careful look
> > at the suggestion that Miklos made and see whether it makes sense to
> > implement a new FS_* flag for this, and see what it'll take to fix
> > Pavel's issue.

What is this "Pavel's issue"?

> One posibility would be to make open(/proc/XX/fd/XX) behave like
> dup(). That should solve the NFS problems, too, no?

You mean, reuse the old "struct file" for the new open?  Or what?

Thanks,
Miklos
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