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On Sat, 2004-05-15 at 00:47, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 09:26:36PM +0200, FabF wrote: > > Hi, > > > > AFAICS, block_dev.c : do_open calls bdput after an unlock_kernel.bdput > > calls iput and iput plays with some parameters and locks in iput final > > case only.Here's a patch to have a spinlock around the whole iput. > > Huh? Of course iput() is called without BKL (and in a lot more places than > just that, actually), but why does it imply that we suddenly need to hold > inode_lock over the entire function? > What can avoid inode->i_state to change during fs put_inode is done plus super_operations get assigned something unprotected as well. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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