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DateFri, 24 Jun 2005 11:16:21 -0700
FromHans Reiser <>
SubjectRe: reiser4 plugins
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.

Hans
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