Re: [V9fs-developer] [GIT PULL] 9p file system bug fixes for 2.6.35-rc2

Aneesh Kumar K. V
2010-06-30T18:33:40Z

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:16:15 -0600, Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net> wrote:
> I think that you need to use the s_vfs_rename_mutex in the super_block
> struct instead of introducing a new rename_lock in the v9fs session.
>

I guess that will have lock dependency issue with inode->i_mutex. Also as Linus
suggested with dentry name copied we can avoid holding the lock when
doing 9P operation.

-aneesh