Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 May 2004 23:47:22 +0100 | From | viro@parcelfa ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.6-mm2] vfs iput in inode critical region |
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On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 09:26:36PM +0200, FabF wrote: > Hi, > > AFAICS, block_dev.c : do_open calls bdput after an unlock_kernel.bdput > calls iput and iput plays with some parameters and locks in iput final > case only.Here's a patch to have a spinlock around the whole iput.
Huh? Of course iput() is called without BKL (and in a lot more places than just that, actually), but why does it imply that we suddenly need to hold inode_lock over the entire function? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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