From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932274AbWDGFiQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Apr 2006 01:38:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932277AbWDGFiQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Apr 2006 01:38:16 -0400 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.84]:39165 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932274AbWDGFiP (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Apr 2006 01:38:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: <787b0d920604052038i3a75bdb6ic0818d93805b881b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <217AB2B7-BD72-49BE-AB02-AA952728073B@mac.com> Cc: Albert Cahalan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: wait4/waitpid/waitid oddness Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 01:38:09 -0400 To: Joshua Hudson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Apr 6, 2006, at 22:09:48, Joshua Hudson wrote: > I'm the guy who removed the check in link() about source is a > directory, found out what broke, and am working on a patch to fix > all the resulting breakage. Your task is apt to be a lot simpler. I seem to recall the reason why hardlinking directories was prohibited had something more to do with some unfixable races and deadlocks in the kernel; not to mention creating self-referential directory trees that are never freed and chew up disk space. Cheers, Kyle Moffett