Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:35:27 +0000 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] autofs: fix null deref in autofs_fill_super |
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On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 08:18:33AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> I guess that including the locking is not going to make much difference. > > I don't remember now but it was probably done because there may be many > > mounts (potentially several thousand) being done and I wanted to get rid > > of anything that wasn't needed.
Seeing that lock in question is not going to be contended... ;-)
Seriously, though - the fewer complications we have in the locking rules, the better.
Al, currently going through audit of ->d_name/->d_parent uses and cursing at the 600-odd places left to look through...
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