linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fixes for vfs-scale and vfs-automount

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Date:	Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:18:09 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Cc:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux NFS Mailing List <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	npiggin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fixes for vfs-scale and vfs-automount

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 02:59:47PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:

> Well...  In principle, you could mark all mountpoints in a tree as managed,
> have an "expiry search in progress" flag to stop everything in there while
> the expiry happens, then wait out all RCU walks in progress, then go ahead
> with your expiry checks.  Would that work for you?

There's at least one leak I can see in expiry.c, BTW - autofs4_expire_direct()
leaks root dentry if you hit
        /* No point expiring a pending mount */
        if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING) {
                spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
                return NULL;
        }
in there.  Try to stick dput(root) before that return and see if that's what
it is...
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