From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Otte Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3 [linux-2.6.2.]: accessing already freed inodes when under memory pressure Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:35:41 +0100 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200402192135.43639.cotte@freenet.de> References: <200402191321.39592.cotte@freenet.de> <200402192128.12923.cotte@freenet.de> <20040219202657.GF31035@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: Andrew Morton , "Stephen C. Tweedie" , torvalds@osdl.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com, cotte@de.ibm.com Return-path: Received: from mout2.freenet.de ([194.97.50.155]:34006 "EHLO mout2.freenet.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267561AbUBSUcB convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:32:01 -0500 To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk In-Reply-To: <20040219202657.GF31035@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Am Donnerstag 19 Februar 2004 21:26 schrieb viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk: > We hold ->i_sem *on* *the* *inode*. And yes, unlink does grab it both > on parent and child. True. The problem is, that both are released before the inode is been removed from the s_orphan list.