Re: [PATCH v1 02/11] fs/proc/vmcore: replace vmcoredd_mutex by vmcore_mutex

David Hildenbrand
2024-11-15T10:05:11Z

On 15.11.24 10:32, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 10/25/24 at 05:11pm, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> Let's use our new mutex instead.
>
> Is there reason vmcoredd_mutex need be replaced and integrated with the
> vmcore_mutex? Is it the reason the concurrent opening of vmcore could
> happen with the old vmcoredd_mutex?

Yes, see the next patch in this series. But I consider this valuable on
its own: there is no need to have two mutexes.

I can make that clearer in the patch description.

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb