Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Dec 2023 02:07:54 +0000 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix WARNING in lock_two_nondirectories |
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On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 09:38:51AM +0800, Baokun Li wrote:
> In my opinion, it doesn't make sense to call lock_two_nondirectories() > here to determine if the inode is a regular file or not, since the logic > for dealing with non-regular files comes after the locking, so calling > lock_two_inodes() directly here will suffice.
No. First of all, lock_two_inodes() is a mistake that is going to be removed in the coming cycle.
What's more, why the hell do you need to lock *anything* to check the inode type? Inode type never changes, period.
Just take that check prior to lock_two_nondirectories() and be done with that.
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