linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] sysfs: fix locking in sysfs_lookup() and sysfs_rename

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Date:	Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:10:56 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, satyam@...radead.org,
	cornelia.huck@...ibm.com, stern@...land.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] sysfs: fix locking in sysfs_lookup() and
	sysfs_rename_dir()

On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 05:29:00PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 07:15:08PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > sd children list walking in sysfs_lookup() and sd renaming in
> > sysfs_rename_dir() were left out during i_mutex -> sysfs_mutex
> > conversion.  Fix them.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
> 
> Ok, to apply this, it messes with Eric's further patches for the shadow
> directory stuff.  But since it looks like you and Eric seem to have
> worked something else in that area, I'll drop Eric's patches for now, as
> that's the safest thing.
> 
> Eric, is that ok?

Oh nevermind, it looks like you already took care of this with the later
patches...

thanks,

greg k-h
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