[PVFS-developers] "Invalid cross-device link" error renaming directories through the PVFS library

[Rob Ross]

Looks good; applied.  Thanks!

Rob

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, David S Metheny wrote:

>     Attempting to rename a directory using the PVFS library will result in
> an "Invalid cross-device link". It turns out that any access request for an
> "existing" directory results in the manager returning an invalid fs_ino
> number, which was always set to zero. As a result, the PVFS library was
> getting different fs_ino values for the "existing" directory and the
> directory that it was trying to rename it to. 
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>     The attached patch inserts the correct fs_ino for an existing directory.
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