Jim Meyering wrote: > Eric Blake wrote: >> According to Jim Meyering on 9/7/2009 3:09 AM: >>> ls -i now prints consistent inode numbers also for mount points. >>> This makes ls -i DIR less efficient on systems with dysfunctional readdir, >>> because ls must stat every file in order to obtain a guaranteed-valid >>> inode number. [bug introduced in coreutils-6.0] >> On systems with working d_type, is it sufficient to limit the stat() to >> situations where we know that the entry might be a directory (DT_DIR or >> DT_UNKNOWN)? In other words, are we guaranteed that mount points can only >> occur atop directories, and that we can avoid the stat() for regular files? > > Recently I saw a note in which someone mentioned bind mounts on > non-directories, so at least in general, that may not be sufficient. > However, I don't have the reference handy and can't dig right now.
It may have been me: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-03/msg00321.html I use bind mounted files on my stateless system here. cheers, Pádraig.
