linux-kernel - Re: configfs: Q: item leak in a failing configfs_attach

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:29:14 -0700
From:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>
To:	Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@...labs.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com
Subject: Re: configfs: Q: item leak in a failing configfs_attach_group()?

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 01:20:58PM -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> 	Um, 'A' hasn't appeared yet.  I don't see how it looks up 'A'
> until we're done.

	Oh, I think you mean cached_lookup isn't blocked by i_mutex.

Joel

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