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



On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 04:34:12PM +0000, Emmanuel Dreyfus 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.

Where does that path live? glusterfs source?

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