From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "George Spelvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: Test for and handle paths that are unreachable from their mnt_root Date: 17 Aug 2015 02:41:37 -0400 Message-ID: <20150817064137.11850.qmail@ns.horizon.com> Cc: linux@horizon.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, neilb@suse.com To: ebiederm@xmission.com Return-path: Received: from ns.horizon.com ([71.41.210.147]:46329 "HELO ns.horizon.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751481AbbHQGsU (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:48:20 -0400 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I can't claim to understnd the code well enough, but may I request the commit message: To avoid races path_connected must be called after following a path - component to it's next path component. + component to its next path component. The recommended mnemonic is: Whose? My, your, his, her, its, our, their. Whose? Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs. Who's? I'm, you're, he's, she's, it's, we're they're. Who's? I've, you've, he's, she's, it's, we've, they've.