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SubjectRe: [PATCH(v3) 2.6.24] Fix fakephp deadlock
On 27/01/08 06:01, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Adding a deferred-work like this just because we can't get the locking and
> refcounting correct is a really sad hack.

True, but some would argue that the fakephp driver itself was a really
sad hack. :-)

> Can we get the locking and refcounting right please? Start by making that
> wait-for-refcount-to-go-away go away.

I guess that stuff was added for a good reason and fixed other potential
problems - it just broke fakephp. It's an unusual requirement to try
and support -- a file that self-destructs when you write to it. Are
there any other cases in sysfs that do that?

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