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| -rw-r--r-- | libdiskfs/name-cache.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libdiskfs/name-cache.c b/libdiskfs/name-cache.c index daf54bed..a4270fe9 100644 --- a/libdiskfs/name-cache.c +++ b/libdiskfs/name-cache.c @@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ diskfs_enter_lookup_cache (struct node *dir, struct node *np, char *name) if (name_len > CACHE_NAME_LEN - 1) return; + /* Never cache . or ..; it's too much trouble to get the locking + order right. */ + if (name[0] == '.' + && (name[1] == '\0' + || (name[1] == '.' && name[2] == '\0'))) + return; + spin_lock (&cache_lock); if (lru_cache == 0) |