[PATCH 05/16] xfs: return the first match during case-insensitive lookup.

[Dave Chinner]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 04:55:42PM -0500, Ben Myers wrote:
> From: Olaf Weber <olaf at sgi.com>
> 
> Change the XFS case-insensitive lookup code to return the first match
> found, even if it is not an exact match. Whether a filesystem uses
> case-insensitive lookups is determined by a superblock bit set during
> filesystem creation.  This means that normal use cannot create two files
> that both match the same filename.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Weber <olaf at sgi.com>

This is really dependent on whether we want to support mixed
CI/non-CI filesystems, yes? i.e. if we want to support mixed case
setups, then we need to keep the code as it stands? What is the
downside of keeping the code unchaged and our options open?

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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