Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:58:04 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: BKL removal |
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On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> one struct file per open(), yes. however, fork() shares a struct file, > as does unix domain fd passing. so we need protection between different > processes. there's some pretty good reasons to want to use a semaphore > to protect the struct file (see fasync code.. bleugh).
??? What exactly do you want to protect there?
ObAnotherQuestion: no, new_inode() doesn't need BKL.
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