Re: 2.6 path_lookup bug?

tvrtko.ursulin_at_sophos.com
Date: 12/08/04

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Date:	Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:35:17 +0000

    >>What would you expect to happen if one called:
    >>
    >>path_lookup("foo:/bar", &nd); ?
    >>
    >>I suspect there is something fishy going on there because when I do that
    >>"/bar" gets destabilised and soon afterwards, another lookup on it will
    >>BUG at dcache.c:276.
    >
    >dcache.h:276, sorry about that!

    Ooops, my fault, please ignore the thread!

    I was doing an unconditional path_release even if path_lookup failed.

    Sorry once more!

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