linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] VMUFAT filesystem [2/4]

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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:32:59 +0800
From:	Adrian McMenamin <adrianmcmenamin@...il.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Adrian McMenamin <lkmladrian@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Linux-sh <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VMUFAT filesystem [2/4]

On 21 March 2012 13:37, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:

...

OK, points essentially taken and will push through another patch in
due course ... just a couple of points, though:

* Did the defensive stuff because bad guys might inject evil code
rather than because I thought in normal run of execution there would
be an issue - guess I just have to forget that?

* On the semaphore - what should I use? Uninterruptible? Spinlock?
Aren't there big downsides to them also?
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