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    vfs: avoid creation of inode number 0 in get_next_ino · 2adc376c
    Carlos Maiolino authored
    
    
    currently, get_next_ino() is able to create inodes with inode number = 0.
    This have a bad impact in the filesystems relying in this function to generate
    inode numbers.
    
    While there is no problem at all in having inodes with number 0, userspace tools
    which handle file management tasks can have problems handling these files, like
    for example, the impossiblity of users to delete these files, since glibc will
    ignore them. So, I believe the best way is kernel to avoid creating them.
    
    This problem has been raised previously, but the old thread didn't have any
    other update for a year+, and I've seen too many users hitting the same issue
    regarding the impossibility to delete files while using filesystems relying on
    this function. So, I'm starting the thread again, with the same patch
    that I believe is enough to address this problem.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarCarlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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