Hi,
can you tell me something about when the changes on VFS layer
will be done?
I know, it's software..., but just a hint would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Martin Frey
Alexander Viro wrote:
>
>
> What is going to happen:
>
> * ->release() will be called without BKL. You need it - you take it.
> I've added lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel() in all dubious instances of
> ->release(). In many cases removal will be trivial (switching a variable
> or two from int to atomic_t, etc.), so when it will go into the tree -
> check your drivers. Folks with 3rd-party code will have to add BKL
> grabbing themselves - sorry, I'm not clairvoyant. Patch submitted to
> Linus.
>
> * Probably inode methods for directories are going to be called without
> BKL. Again, I'll do the work for in-kernel filesystems, but 3rd-party ones
> will have to be fixed by their maintainers.
>
> * Probably ->fasync() is going to be called without BKL - in most cases
> BKL is not be needed at all.
>
> BTW, while you are at it - check your ->read() and ->write(). In many
> drivers they do not look SMP-safe, AFAICS.
>
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