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From: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sysfs: fix race between readdir and lseek
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On 2013/3/21 11:17, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com> wrote:
>>
>> In fact the same race exists between readdir() and read()/write()...
> 
> Fortunately, no read()/write() are implemented on sysfs directory, :-)
> 

That's irrelevant...

See my report:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2160771/