linux-kernel - Re: [CFT] Re: VFS deadlock ?

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Date:	Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:19:21 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [CFT] Re: VFS deadlock ?

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> So why not just use "new_inode_pseudo()" instead? IOW, something like
> this (totally untested, natch) patch?

Ok, so I think that patch is still probably the right way to go, but
it's broken for a silly reason: because it's not using iget_locked()
any more, it also needs to remove the now unnecessary (and actively
incorrect) call to unlock_new_inode().

So remove that one line too, and maybe it could even work. Still not
*tested*, though.

              Linus
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