linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] sysfs: fix race between readdir and lseek

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Message-ID: <CACVXFVN7urpLM+Q-3o9=hYQLM=544WTXh+BnSo9fBM+d07oapQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:17:48 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sysfs: fix race between readdir and lseek

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> In fact the same race exists between readdir() and read()/write()...

Fortunately, no read()/write() are implemented on sysfs directory, :-)

Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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