Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1766016AbYCSVYT (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:24:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759912AbYCSUAi (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:00:38 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:48875 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752335AbYCSUAY (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:00:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:20:05 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linuxram@us.ibm.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 3/6] vfs: mountinfo stable peer group id Message-ID: <20080319182005.GP10722@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <20080313212641.989467982@szeredi.hu> <20080313212735.741834181@szeredi.hu> <20080319114844.GK10722@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1659 Lines: 40 On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 05:41:15PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > > From: Miklos Szeredi > > Um? Do you ever need to take it outside of vfsmount_lock? > > > > Tried to think this through: > > It's always called with namespace_sem, which is enough, no need for a > new lock. The bigger problem, is that it _is_ called with > vfsmount_lock in one case, which is bad, since the allocation may > sleep. It is called with vfsmount_lock in *all* cases. You've missed one in umount_tree(), BTW; you won't block in that case, though. > That is in do_change_type(). But do we really need to hold > vfsmount_lock in that case? Not the issue. > I think not, the propagation tree has no > relevance outside namespace_sem, so that one should be sufficient. Callers manipulate more than propagation tree. Note that e.g. umount_tree() changes all sorts of data structures, including ones that are traversed without namespace_sem. I _really_ don't like the idea of different locking rules for caller of a function depending on the value of argument of that function. They are complicated enough as it is. Argh... OK, I'll try to put something together tonight, after I get some sleep - 31 hours of uptime _suck_ ;-/ BTW, on top of everything else, the current variant plays interesting games with CL_PROPAGATION behaviour and I really don't like the look of what it's doing there. Later... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/