linux-ext4 - a question for i_inode's i

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Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:53:24 +0900
From:	"È«½Å shin hong" <hongshin@...il.com>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: a question for i_inode's i_size in ext2

  Thank you for the answering.

  In ext2, it seems to me that inode's i_size field can be accessed
without holding i_mutex
  nor thorugh i_size_read function.

  For example, in ext2_update_inode() can be invoked without holding i_mutex.
  However, it freely access i_size field.

  Are these accesses can race with each others?

  Sincerely
  Shin Hong
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