linux-kernel - Re: [xfs-masters] RFC: Fix f

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Message-ID: <20081229151555.GG496@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:15:55 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, bfields@...ldses.org,
	xfs-masters@....sgi.com, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [xfs-masters] RFC: Fix f_flags races without the BKL

> What speaks against having on in fs_struct so that it's at least not
> globally serialized?

That would not handle fds passed between processes?

-Andi

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