On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:45:17 +0200 Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Compile tested only. I probably won't get a chance to actually run it until > > late this weekend at the earliest :/ > > Patch looks ok to me. The double lock test only works, as long as splice > is the only one ever locking both mutexes. Or if others follow the same > ordering rules. I'm not very well versed in vfs matters, is that > guarenteed? Taking the lowest-addressed lock first is the usual convention, if we really have to do that. I'm not aware of anywhere else where we pull this trick with i_mutex though. - 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
