Re: [PATCH 0/6] fix INT_MAX readdir hang, plus cleanups

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Quoting Zach Brown (2013-06-04 18:17:54)
> Hi gang,
> 
> I finally sat down to fix that readdir hang that has been in the back
> of my mind for a while.  I *hope* that the fix is pretty simple: just
> don't manufacture a fake f_pos, I *think* we can abuse f_version as an
> indicator that we shouldn't return entries.  Does this look reasonable?

I like it, and it doesn't look too far away from how others are abusing
f_version.  Have you tried with NFS?  I don't think it'll hurt, but NFS
loves to surprise me.

-chris
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