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

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Date:	Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:29:00 -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 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?

thanks,

greg k-h
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