linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 008 of 29] md: Close race in md

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Message-ID: <20080630075242.GI23944@skl-net.de>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:52:42 +0200
From:	Andre Noll <maan@...temlinux.org>
To:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 008 of 29] md: Close race in md_probe

On 09:38, Neil Brown wrote:

> mddev_find gets a reference on the mddev, so it cannot become stale.
> md_probe does not return what it gets from mddev_find until getting
> the disks_mutex lock and checking the contents, so it is sure to
> return a good mddev.

I see. Thanks for the clarification.

Andre
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