Re: Adding linux_link(2) system call, second round

[Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 04:30:15PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> As opposed to link/unlink? I still don't see why this would be more
> than a half-dozen lines of code, if that. By your previous
> descriptions it already needs to stat the object to check if it's a
> directory.

It is much more code, since it happens on the client, which sends
filesystem operations to lower layers and regain control later using
callbacks. Have a look to the sources (xlator/cluster/dht/dht-rename.c)
and you will see why it is complex.

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Emmanuel Dreyfus
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