linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Ceph fixes for 5.1-rc7

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgm37dg541ok7pOjM-3ifM8tbsNDSBO79FP_n7T-gPuOQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:08:48 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>, ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Ceph fixes for 5.1-rc7

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 10:01 AM Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> What I don't understand is why would anyone want to mess with
> name snapshots for dentry_path() lookalikes...

Talking about dentry_path()... Shouldn't the ceph path walking code
also check the mount_lock sequence to make sure the path is actually
stable?

Maybe it doesn't matter.

                  Linus