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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] configfs: Q: item leak in a failing configfs_attach_group()?
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:10:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080624171051.GD4184@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080624141649.GH7621@hawkmoon.kerlabs.com>

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 04:16:49PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like an opinion on the following scenario:
> 
> process 1: 					process 2:
> configfs_mkdir("A")
>   attach_group("A")
>     attach_item("A")
>       d_instantiate("A")
>     populate_groups("A")
>       mutex_lock("A")
>       attach_group("A/B")
>         attach_item("A")
>           d_instantiate("A/B")
> 						mkdir("A/B/C")
> 						  do_path_lookup("A/B/C", LOOKUP_PARENT)

					This has to sleep until
					configfs_mkdir("A") finishes.
					It's waiting on A->d_parent's
					i_mutex, which is held by
					sys_mkdirat().

Joel

-- 

"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."
        - Albert Einstein

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: configfs: Q: item leak in a failing configfs_attach_group()?
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:10:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080624171051.GD4184@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080624141649.GH7621@hawkmoon.kerlabs.com>

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 04:16:49PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like an opinion on the following scenario:
> 
> process 1: 					process 2:
> configfs_mkdir("A")
>   attach_group("A")
>     attach_item("A")
>       d_instantiate("A")
>     populate_groups("A")
>       mutex_lock("A")
>       attach_group("A/B")
>         attach_item("A")
>           d_instantiate("A/B")
> 						mkdir("A/B/C")
> 						  do_path_lookup("A/B/C", LOOKUP_PARENT)

					This has to sleep until
					configfs_mkdir("A") finishes.
					It's waiting on A->d_parent's
					i_mutex, which is held by
					sys_mkdirat().

Joel

-- 

"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."
        - Albert Einstein

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

  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-24 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-24 14:16 [Ocfs2-devel] configfs: Q: item leak in a failing configfs_attach_group()? Louis Rilling
2008-06-24 14:16 ` Louis Rilling
2008-06-24 17:10 ` Joel Becker [this message]
2008-06-24 17:10   ` Joel Becker
2008-06-24 18:04   ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Louis Rilling
2008-06-24 18:04     ` Louis Rilling
2008-06-24 21:34     ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2008-06-24 21:34       ` Joel Becker
2008-06-25  9:55       ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Louis Rilling
2008-06-25  9:55         ` Louis Rilling
2008-06-25 20:20         ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2008-06-25 20:20           ` Joel Becker
2008-06-25 20:29           ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2008-06-25 20:29             ` Joel Becker
2008-06-26  2:12         ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Joel Becker
2008-06-26  2:12           ` Joel Becker

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