linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Move check under lock scope to close a race.

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Date:	Sat, 2 May 2015 23:21:45 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Davide Italiano <dccitaliano@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Move check under lock scope to close a race.

On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 09:46:50PM -0700, Davide Italiano wrote:
> fallocate() checks that the file is extent-based and returns
> EOPNOTSUPP in case is not. Other tasks can convert from and to
> indirect and extent so it's safe to check only after grabbing
> the inode mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Davide Italiano <dccitaliano@...il.com>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted
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