From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com>
Cc: Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
autofs mailing list <autofs@linux.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - fix get_next_positive_subdir()
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 19:53:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+55aFwCESHx0d+ZEe-zi3PS6mkMaMng75Dnfit93cTwhb5gSg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120523024950.3905.89811.stgit@perseus.themaw.net>
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> The locking for the list traversal in get_next_positive_subdir() is
> wrong, so fix it.
As an explanation, this kind of thing is totally useless. It doesn't
actually give any information at all. It's like saying "change
locking"
What happened, and why? Why is the new nested spinlock ok and won't
deadlock against other nested users? Wazzup?
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-23 2:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-23 2:49 [PATCH] autofs4 - fix get_next_positive_subdir() Ian Kent
2012-05-23 2:53 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2012-05-23 6:19 ` Ian Kent
2012-05-23 7:22 ` Ian Kent
2012-05-23 7:30 ` Ian Kent
2012-05-23 9:03 ` Ian Kent
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2012-08-06 1:37 Ian Kent
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