linux-kernel - /proc/net/ bad hard links count [Was: 2.6.23-rc8-mm2]

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Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:30:08 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: /proc/net/ bad hard links count [Was: 2.6.23-rc8-mm2]

On 09/27/2007 11:22 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23-rc8/2.6.23-rc8-mm2/

# find /proc >/dev/null
find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for /proc/net: this may be a bug in your
filesystem driver.  Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option.  Earlier
results may have failed to include directories that should have been searched.
# stat net
  File: `net'
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 1024   directory
Device: 3h/3d   Inode: 4026531864  Links: 2
Access: (0555/dr-xr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2007-09-28 18:21:24.651209759 +0200
Modify: 2007-09-28 18:21:24.651209759 +0200
Change: 2007-09-28 18:21:24.651209759 +0200
# stat net/
  File: `net/'
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 1024   directory
Device: 3h/3d   Inode: 4026531909  Links: 4
Access: (0555/dr-xr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2007-09-28 18:26:48.813048220 +0200
Modify: 2007-09-28 18:26:48.813048220 +0200
Change: 2007-09-28 18:26:48.813048220 +0200

hmm, this is some kind of weirdness :)

regards,
-- 
Jiri Slaby (jirislaby@...il.com)
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University

-- 
Jiri Slaby (jirislaby@...il.com)
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
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