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On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 03:03:55PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8782 [fsnotify and /proc] > > --- linux-2.6.15/fs/proc/base.c > > +++ linux-2.6.15.4/fs/proc/base.c > > @@ -1945,6 +1945,7 @@ > > if(proc_dentry != NULL) { > > shrink_dcache_parent(proc_dentry); > > dput(proc_dentry); > > + fsnotify_nameremove (proc_dentry, 1); > > } > > I wonder if this is racy - after the dput() we might no longer have a > reference? It is indeed racy. dput() => kill_it: => d_kill() => d_free() => __d_free() eventually. *boom* - 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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