Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:16:21 -0700 | | From | Hans Reiser <> | | Subject | Re: reiser4 plugins |
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Al Viro wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 02:03:33AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote: > > >>Al Viro wrote: >> >> >> >>>Have I missed the posting with analysis of changes in locking scheme >>>and update of proof of correctness? If so, please give the message ID. >>> >>>_That_ had been the major showstopper for any merges, IIRC. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Ah, the prince of helpfulness has arrived. >> >>Yes, as I remember, >> >> > >Kindly put some efforts into remembering the thread that contains e.g. >http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109347094309283&w=2 > >If that work (summary: introduction of hybrid objects invalidates the >existing locking scheme for directories and that had lead at least to >several user-exploitable deadlocks described in details in the same >thread; current proof of correctness is in the tree, see >Documentation/filesystems/Directory-Locking.txt and at the very least >it needs to be updated) had been done - please, give the message ID >of posting with such update. If not - please, arrange getting it done. > > > > We disabled metafiles until we can fix this. With no metafiles, the issue does not exist.
Thanks for your assistance with finding that problem.
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