linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] sysfs fixes for 2.6.22-rc4

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:24:48 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, htejun@...il.com
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] sysfs fixes for 2.6.22-rc4

Greg KH wrote:

> Eric Sandeen (1):
>       sysfs: store sysfs inode nrs in s_ino to avoid readdir oopses

To be fair, Tejun wrote that one too, I just backported & tried to
simplify it a bit for -stable.  :)

> Tejun Heo (2):
>       sysfs: fix condition check in sysfs_drop_dentry()
>       sysfs: fix race condition around sd->s_dentry, take#2
> 

Glad to see these are making their way out, we've had people hit these
bugs too.  And they beat on this basic patchset quite a lot, with good
results.

Thanks!

-Eric
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