linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - fix get_next_positive

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Date:	Wed, 23 May 2012 14:19:08 +0800
From:	Ian Kent <ikent@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	autofs mailing list <autofs@...ux.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - fix get_next_positive_subdir()

On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 19:53 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Ian Kent <ikent@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > The locking for the list traversal in get_next_positive_subdir() is
> > wrong, so fix it.
> 
> As an explanation, this kind of thing is totally useless. It doesn't
> actually give any information at all. It's like saying "change
> locking"

OK, I'll fix that and re-submit.

Ian

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