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    SubjectRe: [BUGFIX][PATCH v2 0/2] configfs: Fix cleanup after mkdir() failure
    On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 03:08:21PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
    > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 03:07:40PM -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
    > > On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 04:56:04PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
    > > > This patchset fixes two kinds of bugs happening when
    > > > configfs_attach_group()/configfs_attach_item() fail and userspace races with
    > > > mkdir() or symlink().
    > >
    > > Ok, I've merged all this work. Please check out my configfs-ALL
    > > branch and make sure I have everything we've worked on.
    > >
    > > http://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=jlbec/linux-2.6.git;a=shortlog;h=configfs-ALL
    > > git://oss.oracle.com/git/jlbec/linux-2.6.git configfs-ALL
    >
    > Looks complete.

    Ok, I'm going to get it to linux-next,then off to Linus for .27.

    > There is still a few things in flight:
    > - error handling in config_*_init_type_name(): has rather low priority in my
    > TODO list, will come back to it probably in a few weeks.

    I thought we did this already. Perhaps I didn't include it?
    Did we have another change to make?

    > - a small locking cleanup in configfs_rmdir(): will do at the same time as
    > lockdep stuff.

    What sort of change? I suppose I'll see it when it arrives.
    I figure this new stuff will probably miss the .27 window, but
    it sounds like that's fine - nothing too serious, and it will make .28.

    Joel

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    Joel Becker
    Principal Software Developer
    Oracle
    E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com
    Phone: (650) 506-8127


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