From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:22:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:22:15 -0400 Received: from colombina.comedia.it ([213.246.1.10]:22029 "HELO colombina.comedia.it") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:22:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 20:22:19 +0200 From: Luca Berra To: lvm-devel@sistina.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: VFS lock and 2.4.9ac Message-ID: <20010829202219.B6419@colombina.comedia.it> Reply-To: bluca@comedia.it Mail-Followup-To: lvm-devel@sistina.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-Operating-System: Linux colombina.comedia.it 2.2.19aa1 i586 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org hello, i saw that patch 2.3.9ac moves mount_sem from fs/super.c to fs/namespace.c (it is devlared static), this has problems with VFS lock patch that is needed fro LVM snapshots and journaled fs which uses mount_sem in unlockfs() I believe the best way to fix this is moving unlockfs() to fs/namespace.c, but i am not 100% positive what would you suggest? L. (btw i am not on l-k, so please cc replies) -- Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it Communication Media & Services S.r.l. /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL / \