linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/20] afs: Implement @sys substitution handling

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Date:   Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:13:03 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/20] afs: Implement @sys substitution handling

Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> lookup_one_len() seriously depends upon exclusive lock

In the code it says:

	WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode_is_locked(base->d_inode));

which checks i_rwsem, but in the banner comment it says:

	* The caller must hold base->i_mutex.

is one of these wrong?

David