Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:44:31 -0500 | From | "Mike Snitzer" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/6] NLM: Initialize completion variable in lockd_up |
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On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote: > Btw, lockd() takes BKL just after starting up and only implicitly drops > it when blocking. This seems very dangerous to me and badly wants > updating to some real locking scheme..
Can you elaborate on what is meant by lockd "blocking"? Blocking in svc_recv() or during a SETLKW or ???
I'm trying to come to terms with why nlmsvc_lock() wouldn't have the BKL on entry.
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