getdents64 problem in 2.6.23

[Joakim Tjernlund]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jörn Engel [mailto:joern at logfs.org] 
> Sent: den 29 oktober 2007 00:50
> To: Jamie Lokier
> Cc: Jörn Engel; David Woodhouse; 'Linux-MTD Mailing List'; 
> Joakim Tjernlund
> Subject: Re: getdents64 problem in 2.6.23
> 
> On Sun, 28 October 2007 18:28:36 +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> > 
> > However, I think it's fine to _overwrite_ the deletion dirents with
> > new ones.  getdentds() allows new names created during a directory
> > read to appear or not in the lsit.
> 
> Correct.  You can delete/overwrite dentries, but you may not rearrange
> their order wrt. i_pos cookies.
> 
> Jörn

David, before rewriting getdents et. all may I ask you to apply the
patch I sent today? Then we will have something that works and go
from there.

     Jocke