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SubjectRe: lock/unlock_super and inode bitmaps.
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> The only lock taken at the VFS level is lock_parent() so two things with
> different parents can still corrupt super_block info.

Ironically, in my specific case (BFS) there is only one directory so
taking lock_parent() at VFS level is sufficient but I certainly would like
to know the correct answer in generic case anyway.

Thanks,
Tigran.


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