From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263823AbTEFOWj (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 10:22:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263824AbTEFOWj (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 10:22:39 -0400 Received: from us02smtp1.synopsys.com ([198.182.60.75]:47269 "HELO vaxjo.synopsys.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263823AbTEFOWh (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 10:22:37 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 16:34:59 +0200 From: Alex Riesen To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fwd: allow rename to "--bind"-mounted filesystem Message-ID: <20030506143459.GA25606@riesen-pc.gr05.synopsys.com> Reply-To: alexander.riesen@synopsys.COM References: <20030506100435.GH890@riesen-pc.gr05.synopsys.com> <20030506143026.GL10374@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030506143026.GL10374@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Synopsys, Inc. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Tue, May 06, 2003 16:30:26 +0200: > On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 12:04:35PM +0200, Alex Riesen wrote: > > Hi, > > i just came over this patch, and wondered why is it missing > > in both 2.4 and 2.5 (the code in do_rename is identical in both > > kernels). > > > > Are such renames really not allowed, or was it just fixed differently? > > Such remames are _deliberately_ not allowed. > because that would be against semantics of a mounted filesystem? (which, in turn, would break something)