Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:09:17 +0000 (GMT) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: bug in count_open_files() or a strange granularity? |
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Alexander Viro wrote: > Besides, locking rules like that (you must hold the files->files_lock if > doclose is 0 and you must NOT hold it is doclose is 1) are sick. We could > make the function itself grab the spinlock, but then the return value > becomes junk before the thing returns it.
Ok, you are right (about such policy being sick) -- I will think a bit more. Thank you!
Regards, Tigran
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