linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5][BUGFIX] configfs: Fix deadlock of rename() vs rmdir()

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Message-ID: <20080616232657.GE6441@mail.oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:26:57 -0700
From:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>
To:	Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@...labs.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5][BUGFIX] configfs: Fix deadlock of rename() vs
	rmdir()

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 07:00:57PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
> This patchset fixes the deadlock described below. This second version of the
> patchset fixes another long-standing bug in symlinks locking. Please read the
> headers of the third and fourth patches for a detailed explanation of the
> bugfixes. The last patch fixes a new behavior introduced by the deadlock fix,
> and that ones could find undesirable. Whether it is really needed or not is
> debatable.

	Ok, this is in-tree for the next merge.  Thanks.

Joel

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