Re: [PATCH 17/22] don't try to cut corners in shrink_lock_dentry()

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On Thu, Nov 09, 2023 at 09:45:37PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2023 at 06:20:08PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> 
> > It's a bit unfortunate that __lock_parent() locks the parent *and* may
> > lock the child which isn't really obvious from the name. It just becomes
> > clear that this is assumed by how callers release the child's lock.
> 
> __lock_parent() is gone by the end of the series.

Yes, I saw that once I got to the end of the series. Thanks.




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