From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752001Ab1GSCXI (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:23:08 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:60403 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751910Ab1GSCXH (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:23:07 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:23:05 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Hugh Dickins , Andrew Morton , Nick Piggin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: fix race in rcu lookup of pruned dentry Message-ID: <20110719022305.GO11013@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <20110718231738.GJ11013@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20110718232114.GK11013@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20110718234012.GL11013@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 07:17:18PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Linus Torvalds > wrote: > > > > Good catch, that test was indeed the wrong way around. Thanks. > > Oh, and Al - just fold the thing into the original patch rather than > carry a buggy patch and the fix around. You might as well credit Hugh > as author for the whole thing, since he ended up being not just the > one to find the problem, but describe the solution anyway and fix the > patch. Umm... Is there any convenient way to make git commit --amend change the author of commit?