Re: reiser4 plugins

Al Viro
2005-06-24T14:44:01Z

On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 02:03:33AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
> Al Viro wrote:
>
> >Have I missed the posting with analysis of changes in locking scheme
> >and update of proof of correctness? If so, please give the message ID.
> >
> >_That_ had been the major showstopper for any merges, IIRC.
> >
> >
> Ah, the prince of helpfulness has arrived.
>
> Yes, as I remember,

Kindly put some efforts into remembering the thread that contains e.g.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109347094309283&w=2

If that work (summary: introduction of hybrid objects invalidates the
existing locking scheme for directories and that had lead at least to
several user-exploitable deadlocks described in details in the same
thread; current proof of correctness is in the tree, see
Documentation/filesystems/Directory-Locking.txt and at the very least
it needs to be updated) had been done - please, give the message ID
of posting with such update. If not - please, arrange getting it done.