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SubjectRe: [PATCH 05/20] afs: Implement @sys substitution handling
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Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> > +static struct dentry *afs_lookup_atsys(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
> > + struct key *key)
> > +{
>
> > + ret = lookup_one_len(buf, parent, len);
>
> Er... Parent is locked only shared here and lookup_one_len() seriously
> depends upon exclusive lock. As it is, race with lookup of the full name
> will mess the things up very badly.

How should it be done? Do I have to use d_alloc_parallel(), analogous to
lookup_slow() without taking the rwsem again?

David

PS: Can you stick a banner comment on d_alloc_parallel() describing it?

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