Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 28 Apr 2001 19:13:56 +0100 (BST) | From | Mark Hemment <> | Subject | kernel lock in dcache.c |
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Hi,
d_move() in fs/dcache.c is checking the kernel lock is held (switch_names() does the same, but is only called from d_move()).
My question is why? I can't see what it is using the kernel lock to sync/protect against.
Anyone out there know?
Thanks, Mark
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