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From: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>
To: Louis Rilling <louis.rilling@kerlabs.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
Subject: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] configfs: Fix failing symlink() making rmdir() fail
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:42:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080620224242.GE21416@mail.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1213963762-11678-1-git-send-email-louis.rilling@kerlabs.com>

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 02:09:22PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
> What about this other solution? By the way, it does not even need to
> rename CONFIGFS_USET_IN_MKDIR.

	I like it.  My first thought was "why doesn't he take the mutex
during configfs_unlink()?", but the unlink is protected enough by
dirent_lock.

Joel

-- 

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
        - Albert Einstien

Joel Becker
Principal Software Developer
Oracle
E-mail: joel.becker at oracle.com
Phone: (650) 506-8127

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From: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>
To: Louis Rilling <louis.rilling@kerlabs.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] configfs: Fix failing symlink() making rmdir() fail
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:42:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080620224242.GE21416@mail.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1213963762-11678-1-git-send-email-louis.rilling@kerlabs.com>

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 02:09:22PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
> What about this other solution? By the way, it does not even need to
> rename CONFIGFS_USET_IN_MKDIR.

	I like it.  My first thought was "why doesn't he take the mutex
during configfs_unlink()?", but the unlink is protected enough by
dirent_lock.

Joel

-- 

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
        - Albert Einstien

Joel Becker
Principal Software Developer
Oracle
E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com
Phone: (650) 506-8127

  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-20 22:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-17 17:37 [Ocfs2-devel] [BUGFIX][PATCH 0/3] configfs: symlink() fixes Louis Rilling
2008-06-17 17:37 ` Louis Rilling
2008-06-17 17:37 ` [Ocfs2-devel] [BUGFIX][PATCH 1/3] configfs: Fix symlink() to a removing item Louis Rilling
2008-06-17 17:37   ` Louis Rilling
2008-06-17 22:17   ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2008-06-17 22:17     ` Joel Becker
2008-06-17 17:37 ` [Ocfs2-devel] [BUGFIX][PATCH 2/3] configfs: Rename CONFIGFS_USET_IN_MKDIR to CONFIGFS_USET_ATTACHING Louis Rilling
2008-06-17 17:37   ` Louis Rilling
2008-06-17 17:37 ` [Ocfs2-devel] [BUGFIX][PATCH 3/3] configfs: Fix failing symlink() making rmdir() fail Louis Rilling
2008-06-17 17:37   ` Louis Rilling
2008-06-17 22:15   ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2008-06-17 22:15     ` Joel Becker
2008-06-18 11:40     ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Louis Rilling
2008-06-18 11:40       ` Louis Rilling
2008-06-18 20:11       ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2008-06-18 20:11         ` Joel Becker
2008-06-19  9:28         ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Louis Rilling
2008-06-19  9:28           ` Louis Rilling
2008-06-19 22:03           ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2008-06-19 22:03             ` Joel Becker
2008-06-19 22:16   ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2008-06-19 22:16     ` Joel Becker
2008-06-20 12:09     ` [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] " Louis Rilling
2008-06-20 12:09       ` Louis Rilling
2008-06-20 22:42       ` Joel Becker [this message]
2008-06-20 22:42         ` Joel Becker
2008-06-20 22:44       ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2008-06-20 22:44         ` Joel Becker
2008-06-23 12:05         ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Louis Rilling
2008-06-23 12:05           ` Louis Rilling

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