linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] eCryptFS: fix missed mutex

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Message-ID: <20080521080205.GA11087@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 21 May 2008 10:02:05 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Cc:	"Michael A. Halcrow" <mhalcrow@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eCryptFS: fix missed mutex_unlock


* Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> wrote:

> Ingo, could you please apply it and test? Actually I really doubt if 
> it help with the locking problem you pointed. There are two procedures 
> in miscrev.c - ecryptfs_miscdev_poll() and ecryptfs_miscdev_read() 
> which takes/releases mutexes in a bit strange way... investigating, 
> but this patch is needed anyway.

btw., i didnt do any specific ecryptfs testing - randconfig enabled it 
and it got booted. So if you dont get the warning during 
bootup/module-load, you'll have the same test coverage i did.

	Ingo
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