linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Smack: fuse mount hang fix

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Message-ID: <20080602145800.0e0d0c73@mandriva.com.br>
Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:58:00 -0300
From:	"Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" <lcapitulino@...driva.com.br>
To:	casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Smack: fuse mount hang fix

Em Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:04:32 -0700
Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> escreveu:

| From: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
| 
| The d_instantiate hook for Smack can hang on the root
| inode of a filesystem if the file system code has not
| really done all the set-up. Fuse is known to encounter
| this problem. This change detects an attempt to
| instantiate a root inode and addresses it early in the
| processing, before any attempt is made to do something
| that might hang.
| 
| Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>

 Fixed the problem for me, thank very much.

Tested-by: Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino <lcapitulino@...driva.com.br>

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Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino
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