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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [2.5] reiserfs: fix races between link and unlink on same file
Oleg Drokin <green@namesys.com> wrote:
>
> This patch (originally by Chris Mason) fixes link/unlink races in reiserfs.
>

Could you describe the race a little more please? Why is the VFS's hold of
i_sem on the parent directory not sufficient?

> +
> + /*
> + * we schedule before doing the add_save_link call, save the link
> + * count so we don't race

This comment would seem to imply lock_kernel()-based locking, but
lock_kernel() is not held here.

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