linux-kernel - Re: I_CLEAR bug while shrinking dcache

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:58:36 +0200
From:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: I_CLEAR bug while shrinking dcache

Samuel Thibault, le Tue 14 Apr 2015 16:44:02 +0200, a écrit :
> Al Viro, le Tue 14 Apr 2015 13:44:29 +0100, a écrit :
> > The first variant can happen, but in that case it should have had
> > DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED set by said __dentry_kill() and skipped.  The other
> > two are clear inode refcounting bugs.
> > 
> > Do you have a reproducer for that?
> 
> It just happened in the middle of the night.

I haven't seen it happening again since then.

Samuel
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