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Subject: Re: [lvm-devel] Re: [PATCH] dm.c - device-mapper I/O path fixes
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On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 05:19:33PM -0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> > Are you saying the "if (error)" part is pointless? If so, I have to
> 
> No. Locking is pointless. What exactly you try to protect here? 

io->error from being updated concurrently.
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