On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:09:49 +0900 "______ shin hong" <hongshin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Ext4 maintainer, > > I found a suspected data race bug at ext4_release_file() in ext4/file.c . > > Is it necessary to re-check whether the if-statement's > condition(atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 1) is satisifed after > semaphore down operation? > > It seems to use "test and test and set" pattern(double-checking) > but the second "test" seems to be missed. > > Please examine this function. Thank you. > > p.s. I sent the same report to sct@xxxxxxxxxxx But I did not received > any reply. > I think my mail was discarded so I am sending the same again. > An appropriate way to report this possible bug is to Cc: the ext4 mailing list, which I have cc'ed here. Thanks. -- 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
