Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | | Date | Thu, 7 Jun 2012 17:42:02 -0700 | | Subject | Re: processes hung after sys_renameat, and 'missing' processes |
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On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote: > > Frankly, I would very much prefer to have the same locking rules wherever > possible. The locking system is already overcomplicated and making its > analysis fs-dependent as well... <shudder>
I do agree that it would be better if we avoid it. I was just trying to explain that the dentry locking is *not* enough, for the simple reason that it relies on upper-level non-dentry locking just to work.
Your patch looks good, but whether it works I have no idea ;)
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