From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755293Ab3AZEWN (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:22:13 -0500 Received: from mail.parknet.co.jp ([210.171.160.6]:57171 "EHLO mail.parknet.co.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751194Ab3AZEWJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:22:09 -0500 From: OGAWA Hirofumi To: Namjae Jeon Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Namjae Jeon , Ravishankar N , Amit Sahrawat Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 7/8] fat (exportfs): rebuild directory-inode if fat_dget() fails References: <1353504311-6020-1-git-send-email-linkinjeon@gmail.com> <878v9f5ugn.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <87k3sy17vk.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <87txs0x45r.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <87623ydnvq.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <877gobn7fy.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <87obhnlmkt.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <87k3sblmj2.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <87r4lgxgee.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:22:02 +0900 In-Reply-To: (Namjae Jeon's message of "Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:31:45 +0900") Message-ID: <8738xoshed.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Namjae Jeon writes: > 2013/1/20, OGAWA Hirofumi : >> Namjae Jeon writes: >> >>> We rewrite patch as your suggestion using dummy inode. Would please >>> you review below patch code ? >> >> Looks like good as initial. Clean and shorter. >> >> Next is, we have to think about race. I.e. if real inode was made, what >> happens? Is there no race? > Hi OGAWA. > > Although checking several routines to check hang case you said, I > didn't find anything. > And There is no any race on test result also. Am I missing something ? > Let me know your opinion. Hm, it's read-only. So, there may not be race for now, I'm sure there is race on write path though. Thanks. -- OGAWA Hirofumi