linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] pass open file to ->setattr()

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Date:	Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:41:43 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	bfields@...ldses.org
CC:	miklos@...redi.hu, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, viro@....linux.org.uk,
	hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] pass open file to ->setattr()

> > This is needed to be able to correctly implement open-unlink-fsetattr
> > semantics in some filesystem such as sshfs, without having to resort
> > to "silly-renaming".
> 
> How do you plan to do that?

Easy: the SFTP protocol has stateful opens and defines an FSTAT call.

Miklos
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