Hello. Q1: Is dcache_lock needed for referring dentry->d_parent and dentry->d_name? I'm using a d_path()-like function that traverses up to the root of the dentry. http://tomoyo.sourceforge.jp/cgi-bin/lxr/source/include/linux/syaoran.h#L599 Is dcache_lock needed for this function? Q2: Is dcache_lock still needed for referring only dentry->d_parent? I found the following comment in http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/3/10/186 . Is this comment right? > + /* FIXME? I think there is no need to use dget_parent or > + to take dcache_lock here, because dentry->d_parent never > + changes and the dentry holds a reference to its parent, > + and dentry->d_parent holds a reference to > + dentry->d_d_parent->d_inode. Right??? -AJR 2004.11.05 */ Regards. -- Tetsuo Handa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
