Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_syscalls.c

[Xin LI <delphij@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

在 2005-08-15一的 00:26 -0700，Matthew Dillon写道：
> dillon      2005/08/15 00:26:47 PDT
> 
> DragonFly src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/kern             vfs_syscalls.c 
>   Log:
>   UFS sometimes reports: 'ufs_rename: fvp == tvp (can't happen)'.  The case
>   is not supposed to be able to happen, and UFS ignores the rename operation
>   when it sees it.   This is true in both FreeBSD and DragonFly.
>   
>   But, in fact, the case CAN happen if you rename a file to another that
>   happens to be a hardlink to the first.  The rename operations appears to

The FreeBSD behavior was intentional.  I think this change violates
POSIX, which states:

"If the old argument and the new argument resolve to the same existing
file, rename() shall return successfully and perform no other action."

(See http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/rename.html
for reference.  This could be found from the third paragraph of the
DESCRIPTION section)

I am not sure why POSIX requires this feature, though :-)  What do you
think about it?

Cheers,
-- 
Xin LI <delphij delphij net>  http://www.delphij.net/

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part