[linux-cifs-client] [PATCH] cifs: don't attempt busy-file rename unless it's in same-directory

Steve French smfrench at gmail.com
Fri May 21 10:37:25 MDT 2010


On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 May 2010 12:15:37 -0500
> Steve French <smfrench at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Are we certain of this for all server types (NetApp, EMC, Samba etc.)?
>>
>
> This is definitely the case with windows. The open-file rename call
> only accepts simple filenames (no paths).

The restriction on rename always seemed to me just a Windows
limitation not a "should" or "must" - we should check what MS-CIFS says



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Thanks,

Steve


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