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Message-ID: <e38d12ff0811210859r7103c20nb1bf9c6e5025d1c5@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:59:32 -0500
From:	"Andrey Vul" <andrey.vul@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Bad inodes and ESTALE

Why do files/directories located on unreadable inodes cause ESTALE
when trying to access ( open()) or modify (unlink()) them?
I know it's caused by a bad inode because fsck -f fixes all of the problems.

-- 
Andrey Vul
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