Joshua Hudson writes:
> Some people seem to think that I am proposing to do something.
> Understand that I have done it for 2.6.17-rc4 and am currently
> involved in bringing it forward to newer kernels.
>
> >
> > What is the parent of a hard linked directory? What is the parent if
> > the link in "the parent" is deleted?
>
> The parent is any and all directories that contain a link to the
> stated directory. ".." points back along the path the referrer used
> to reach the current directory (this behavior is already in kernel:
> didn't have to lift a finger to get it).
That won't work for kernel NFS server, using ->get_parent() method to
obtain parent directory.
Well... this is probably the smallest problem with hard-linked
directories, though.
Nikita.
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