linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] configfs: Fix failing symlink() making rmdir() fail

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:42:42 -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] configfs: Fix failing symlink() making rmdir() fail

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 02:09:22PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
> What about this other solution? By the way, it does not even need to
> rename CONFIGFS_USET_IN_MKDIR.

	I like it.  My first thought was "why doesn't he take the mutex
during configfs_unlink()?", but the unlink is protected enough by
dirent_lock.

Joel

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Joel Becker
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Oracle
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