From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] devpts: Must release s_umount on error Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:33:01 +0100 Message-ID: <20090201163301.GD3416@lst.de> References: <20090129063330.GB22898@us.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090129063330.GB22898-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Cc: "David C. Hansen" , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, Containers , hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org, Alan Cox List-Id: containers.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:33:30PM -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > > From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:57:12 -0800 > Subject: [RFC][PATCH] devpts: Must release s_umount on error > > We should drop the ->s_umount mutex if an error occurs after the > sget()/grab_super() call. This was introduced when adding support > for multiple instances of devpts and noticed during a code review/reorg. Looks good and should probably be submitted for 2.6.29.