From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 03:57:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 03:57:20 -0400 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:37251 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 03:57:16 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 09:56:40 +0200 From: "J . A . Magallon" To: Trond Myklebust Cc: Chmouel Boudjnah , Horst von Brand , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.9-ac11 Message-ID: <20010917095640.C4490@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: <200109170049.f8H0nkEa008317@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: ; from trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:47:42 +0200 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.2.pre3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 20010917 Trond Myklebust wrote: > >That particular code is only called if something closes a file on >which POSIX locks are applied. Init doesn't use locking. >The patch *is* required in Alan's tree. Without it, 2 processes that ^^^^^^^^ ??? >lock the same file can race and corrupt the i_flock list. > I have checked and I suppose you want to say that it is INCLUDED in Alan's tree... -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:jamagallon@able.es Mandrake Linux release 8.1 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.9-ac11 #1 SMP Mon Sep 17 00:00:56 CEST 2001 i686