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SubjectRe: inode_lock "decorative"?
ah, ok. So can I remove the lock/unlock_kernel around get_empty_inode() 
everywhere, in particular in net/socket.c:sock_alloc() now?

(and especially the comment calling upon the name of my adversary around
it - "Damn..." :)

Tigran.

On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:

> Hello!
>
> > I.e. get_empty_inode() looks SMP-safe to me. What am I missing?
>
> You are missing that this code was merged in 2.3.15 and
> was not updated since 2.3.18. 8)
>
> Alexey Kuznetsov
>

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