Re: [PATCH] [Request for inclusion] Filesystem in Userspace

[Miklos Szeredi]

> yes but how do you know the entry is still on the list and valid ?

Because, it's always kept on one of two lists: pending and processing.
The entry is valid valid because it's "owned" by the caller, it's
never freed inside request_send().

> you dropped the lock. A normal code pattern is that you then HAVE 
> to revalidate the assumptions which you guard by that lock.

The lock guards the list not the list element which is being removed.

Miklos
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