linux-kernel - Re: [15/24] tmpfs: fix spurious ENOSPC when racing with unswap

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Message-ID: <BANLkTinwotVyU-DfvpVVpY3jWg0s+NGE8w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 21 May 2011 17:15:16 -0700
From:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...nel.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [15/24] tmpfs: fix spurious ENOSPC when racing with unswap

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:49:59AM -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 May 2011, Greg KH wrote:
>> > 2.6.33-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
>>
>> We've got in a muddle on this one: too many tmpfs races and too many trees!
>
> Yeah, it's messy :(

>>
>> For differing reasons, none of these races is as likely in 2.6.33
>> as in 2.6.38, but good to include the fixes anyway; whereas 2.6.32
>> gets more complicated for some of them, so I haven't bothered there.
>>

> Ok, as this really isn't a big deal for .33, how about I just drop all
> of the tmpfs patches for .33-longterm and we call it a day :)
>
> It's easier that way for me by far.

Fair enough, I've given you enough headaches, and none of these were
noticed back then: drop 'em all!

Thanks,
Hugh
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