Re: [PATCH V2] hfsplus: Fix bless ioctl when used with hardlinks

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Sun Jun 17 2012 - 17:01:15 EST


On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 07:57:24AM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > HFS+ doesn't really implement hard links - instead, hardlinks are indicated
> > by a magic file type which refers to an indirect node in a hidden
> > directory. The spec indicates that stat() should return the inode number
> > of the indirect node, but it turns out that this doesn't satisfy the
> > firmware when it's looking for a bootloader - it wants the catalog ID of
> > the hardlink file instead. Fix up this case.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > V2 cleans up the casting.
>
> Did this patch get dropped on the floor? It's been almost 2 months
> since it was submitted.

It just got missed, sorry. I'll send it along ASAP.

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