2005-01-28 15:59:38

by Jan Blunck

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Subject: [PATCH] d_drop should use per dentry lock

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d_drop() must use the dentry->d_lock spinlock. In some cases __d_drop()
was used without holding the dentry->d_lock spinlock, too. This could
end in a race with __d_lookup().

Regards,
Jan

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d_drop-locking.diff (3.90 kB)