linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 4/4] generic: test locking when setting encryption policy

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Message-ID: <20161120223536.GL28177@dastard>
Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2016 09:35:36 +1100
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Cc:     fstests@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs@...r.kernel.org, "Theodore Y . Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        David Gstir <david@...ma-star.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] generic: test locking when setting encryption policy

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:47:07AM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> This test tries to reproduce (with a moderate chance of success on ext4)
> a race condition where a file could be created in a directory
> concurrently to an encryption policy being set on that directory,
> causing the directory to become corrupted.

Why can't this be done with shell loops rather than requiring a
helper application?

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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