linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 5/5] ext4 crypto: use dget_parent() in ext4_d

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Message-ID: <20160327181601.GG31129@thunk.org>
Date:	Sun, 27 Mar 2016 14:16:01 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Linux Filesystem Development List 
	<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, jaegeuk@...nel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] ext4 crypto: use dget_parent() in ext4_d_revalidate()

On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 10:02:46AM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> > This avoids potential problems caused by a race where the inode gets
> > renamed out from its parent directory and the parent directory is
> > deleted while ext4_d_revalidate() is running.
> >
> > Fixes: 28b4c263961c
> 
> Full Fixes-tag...
> 
> Fixes: 28b4c263961c ("ext4 crypto: revalidate dentry after adding or
> removing the key")
> 
> > Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
> > Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> 
> This for Linux v4.6(-rc1+) ?

Probably v4.6-rc2 at this point, since I'm still waiting for acks from
folks.

						- Ted
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