Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 May 2001 15:20:10 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 3 one-liner bugfixes |
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On Sat, 5 May 2001, Manfred Spraul wrote: > > * missing/wrong lock_kernel calls in fs/fcntl.c: getlk/setlk run without > the big kernel lock. The ..64 function acquire the lock.
This is wrong. The big lock (if it is needed, but I thought the current locking should be safe) should be pushed down into the point where it is needed, not at the caller..
Linus
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