linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] Change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure.

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Message-ID: <20250610082636.GA1131663@ZenIV>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:26:36 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
	Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
	Jan Harkes <jaharkes@...cmu.edu>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	Carlos Maiolino <cem@...nel.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	coda@...cmu.edu, codalist@...a.cs.cmu.edu,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, netfs@...ts.linux.dev,
	ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure.

On Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 06:34:42AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:

> I can't promise a response tonight - going down in an hour or so
> and I'd like to do enough reordering of #work.mount to be able
> to post the initial variant of at least some of that in the
> morning...

Grr...  Sorry, that took longer than I hoped - fun propagate_mnt_busy()
bug had eaten a lot of time ;-/

I'll go through your series when I get up; apologies for delay...