Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:52:05 -0500 | From | Chris Mason <> | Subject | Re: generic_file_write change in 2.4.0-ac8 |
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On Friday, January 12, 2001 04:30:44 PM -0500 Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Chris Mason wrote: > >> >> Hi guys, >> >> This code for generic_file_write calls vmtruncate without i_sem held. Is >> that intentional? It should cause problems for reiserfs at least... > > Erm... generic_file_write() grabs i_sem upon entry and drops it on exit. > This call of vmtruncate() is deep inside the protected area. >
Yup, I'm trying to track down a different problem, and saw what I wanted to instead of what was really there. Sigh.
-chris
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