From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: s_vfs_rename_sem and cifs (was Re: Possible deadlock in vfs layer, namei.c)
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 11:54:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060302115422.GY27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b6fcc0a0603020347r32567ae9l1fe4495059149449@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 03:47:50AM -0800, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 06:46:42PM -0800, Joshua Hudson wrote:
> > from namei.c (function: lock_rename), rename takes:
> > 1. s_vfs_rename_sem,
>
> Speaking of s_vfs_rename_sem, does cifs usage of it despite explicit
> warning at fs.h
> was found to be legal?
Legal as in "works until anything changes in VFS-internal locking".
Not legal as in "not promised to keep working".
Dumb in all respects.
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2006-03-02 11:47 s_vfs_rename_sem and cifs (was Re: Possible deadlock in vfs layer, namei.c) Alexey Dobriyan
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