Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:42:57 -0400 | From | Waiman Long <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] spinlock: A new lockref structure for lockless update of refcount |
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On 08/30/2013 05:30 PM, Al Viro wrote: > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 05:10:45PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > See above. You are right, but if Linus wants to turn that sucker into > reader (which is possible - see e.g. cifs build_path_from_dentry() and > its ilk), d_move() races will start to play.
Thank for the clarification.
-Longman
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