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Message-ID: <87egn0as68.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Fri, 01 May 2015 16:45:03 -0500
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Hans de Bruin <jmdebruin@...net.nl>
Cc:	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 3.17.0+ files disappearing after playing old dos game on nfsroot laptop

Hans de Bruin <jmdebruin@...net.nl> writes:

> On 05/01/2015 06:35 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Hans de Bruin <jmdebruin@...net.nl> writes:
>>
>>>> I expect what needs to happen is to confirm that nfs directory entry
>>>> revalidation is buggy, and at least for the short term re-add the nfs
>>>> logic that will avoid dropping a dentry if it is a mount point, or
>>>> path to a mount point, to avoid the nfs bugs.
>>>>
>>>
>>> ok, I will go in waiting mode.
>>
>> I dropped the ball on this but it looks like someone else hit the
>> problem and the following two commits fixed this issue:
>>
>> Can you confirm that things are working again?
>
> I noticed the issue was gone in one of the previous releases. I was
> wondering whether you changed something or not. Sorry for not
> notifying you.

No problem, and thank you for confirming the regression is fixed.
One more thing I can now mark off my list.

Eric

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