Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760885AbYFXRLe (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:11:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759881AbYFXRLO (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:11:14 -0400 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:11791 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759438AbYFXRLM (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:11:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:10:51 -0700 From: Joel Becker To: Louis Rilling Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: configfs: Q: item leak in a failing configfs_attach_group()? Message-ID: <20080624171051.GD4184@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> Mail-Followup-To: Louis Rilling , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com References: <20080624141649.GH7621@hawkmoon.kerlabs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080624141649.GH7621@hawkmoon.kerlabs.com> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. X-Red-Smith: Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man has ever come to perfection. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1057 Lines: 41 On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 04:16:49PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like an opinion on the following scenario: > > process 1: process 2: > configfs_mkdir("A") > attach_group("A") > attach_item("A") > d_instantiate("A") > populate_groups("A") > mutex_lock("A") > attach_group("A/B") > attach_item("A") > d_instantiate("A/B") > mkdir("A/B/C") > do_path_lookup("A/B/C", LOOKUP_PARENT) This has to sleep until configfs_mkdir("A") finishes. It's waiting on A->d_parent's i_mutex, which is held by sys_mkdirat(). Joel -- "Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing." - Albert Einstein Joel Becker Principal Software Developer Oracle E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127 -- 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/