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

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Message-ID: <20090102182911.GG28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2009 18:29:11 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, bfields@...ldses.org,
	xfs-masters@....sgi.com, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [xfs-masters] RFC: Fix f_flags races without the BKL

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 04:15:55PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > 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?

Doesn't need to be passed; just inherited from common ancestor...
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