Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 28 Mar 2003 02:51:31 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] real_lookup fix |
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Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > Here is a patch to use seqlock for real_lookup race with d_lookup as suggested > by Linus. The race condition can result in duplicate dentry when d_lookup > fails due concurrent d_move in some unrelated directory.
I was not aware of this race. Could you please explain it in more detail?
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