linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: sanitize __d

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Date:	Thu, 27 May 2010 15:30:34 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: sanitize __d_path()

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
>
> __d_path() no longer appends " (deleted)" to unlinked paths.  This is
> moved into d_path() which is the only caller that cares.

d_path() or equivalent should get "int *deleted" argument to distinguish
really deleted files. Then users can decide if they care or not.

> If a global root is reached then __d_path() no longer prepends the
> name of the root dentry.  This was needed by pseudo filesystems, but
> the d_dname() method has superseded it.
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