From: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>
To: Louis Rilling <louis.rilling@kerlabs.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2]v2 configfs: symlink() fixes
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080623222043.GG592@mail.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1214223378-14203-1-git-send-email-louis.rilling@kerlabs.com>
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 02:16:16PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
> The following patchset fixes incorrect symlinks to dead items in configfs, which
> are forbidden by specification.
>
> The first patch actually prevents such dangling symlinks from being created, but
> introduces a weird(?) behavior where a failing symlink() can make a racing
> rmdir() fail in the symlink's parent and in the symlink's target as well. This
> behavior is fixed with the next patch.
Silly question: you've tested this, right?
Joel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-23 22:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-23 12:16 [PATCH 0/2]v2 configfs: symlink() fixes Louis Rilling
2008-06-23 12:16 ` [PATCH 1/2] configfs: Fix symlink() to a removing item Louis Rilling
2008-06-23 12:16 ` [PATCH 2/2] configfs: Fix failing symlink() making rmdir() fail Louis Rilling
2008-06-23 22:20 ` Joel Becker [this message]
2008-06-24 13:20 ` [PATCH 0/2]v2 configfs: symlink() fixes Louis Rilling
2008-06-24 17:04 ` Joel Becker
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