Re: [PATCH] nfs_unlink() race (was: nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch)

viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Wed, 11 Jun 2003 03:37:06 +0100


On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 07:32:43PM -0700, Frank Cusack wrote:

> But anyway you do agree that the one line fix is correct? You may have
> gotten thrown off track because of my somewhat broken description.

As far as I can see, it doesn't solve the real problem. E.g. it allows
you to create all sorts of fun for async-unlink code in NFS - the thing
pretty much assumes that victim dentry is not going anywhere.
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