lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2005]   [Jan]   [6]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] fs: Restore files_lock and set_fs_root exports
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 07:14:41PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 11:05:38AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Hello, Andrew,
> >
> > Some export-removal work causes breakage for an out-of-tree filesystem.
> > Could you please apply the attached patch to restore the exports for
> > files_lock and set_fs_root?
>
> What, in name of everything unholy, is *filesystem* doing with set_fs_root()?

It is using it to set the process's view of the source-code control
system to the desired version. So process A can see version 2.1 while
process B sees version 1.5, and so that either process can change the
version that it sees on the fly.

Thanx, Paul
-
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/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:09    [W:0.251 / U:1.000 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site