On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 04:21:44PM +0900, 홍신 shin hong wrote: > Dear ext2 maintainers > > I have a question of inode's i_size. I found that it is hard to find > any consistent synchronization mechanism that protects inode's i_size > field. > Is there any lock or synchronization mechanism that consistently > protects i_size fields of inode objects to avoid data race? > In inode's definition in /include/linux/fs.h, there is comment that > i_lock protects i_size but it is not clear. Yes, there is; the i_size (as well as others) are protected via i_mutex in ext2. Regards, - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
