Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 22:51:11 +0100 (MET) From: "Martin v.Loewis" <loewis@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: hannibal@cyberstation.net (Dan Walters) Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to get the parent directory vnode of a vnode? Message-ID: <199703032151.WAA20734@rubel.cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970228164344.3914A-100000@citrine.cyberstation.net> from "Dan Walters" at Feb 28, 97 05:32:20 pm
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> in the layer's per-vnode structure. I just noticed, however, that there > is no reference to the parent directory's vnode in a vnode structure, so > I'm having some difficulty deciding on the proper way to lookup the vnode > for the ACL file (which is kept in the same directory). Hmm. Maybe I'm missing something: There usually is not necessarily a (single) parent vnode for a given vnode. In the presence of hard links, a vnode might be referenced from different 'parents'. Also, the root directory usually does not have a parent vnode. Regards, Martin
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