Re: [fuse-devel] lookup, readdir and inode numbers

[Stef B. <st...@gm...>]

2012/4/23 Matt Turner <mat...@gm...>:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question about lookup and readdir in the low-level API. These are
> the two places one has to return an inode number for a name. Is there any
> reason inode lookup is done both these places?

You've got a point here, I do not know the answer.

When no inode is provided, only a name at the readdir, a lookup is
required to get the inode nr. When the inode is provided at the
readdir, the lookup is not required, so apps like ls do not have to
call it.

Stef