From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754676Ab0CWPPw (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:15:52 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:40624 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754432Ab0CWPPv (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:15:51 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:15:50 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Josef Bacik Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chris.mason@oracle.com, hch@lst.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce freeze_super and thaw_super for the fsfreeze ioctl Message-ID: <20100323151550.GK30031@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <20100323142200.GA2381@localhost.localdomain> <20100323142843.GG30031@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20100323143456.GC2381@localhost.localdomain> <20100323144828.GH30031@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20100323150301.GD2381@localhost.localdomain> <20100323150923.GI30031@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20100323151246.GJ30031@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100323151246.GJ30031@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 03:12:46PM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 03:09:23PM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:03:01AM -0400, Josef Bacik wrote: > > > > sb is an active reference > > > > > > > > > > I don't understand how this is an active reference? We are talking about > > > s_active right? > > > > It's an opened file, for crying out loud! If there is anything that makes > > sure that superblock will stay alive, that is it... Grr... Make that "is alive and can be aliased without any problems, so atomic_inc(sb->s_active) in caller would do just fine."