Re: dcache questions

aem@netcom.ca
Tue, 30 Dec 1997 19:02:31 -0500 (EST)


> It's quite important to show (and look up) the ugly little short names, as
> they need to be unique and sometimes that is the only path you happen to
> know.

For a while now I've felt that a dentry should have room for fs
specific data, just like inodes, to aid in lookups.

In your case, perhaps then you could store both names, and use
a custom d_compare() to decide what to do.

Just a thought.

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Andrew E. Mileski   mailto:aem@netcom.ca