"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > So the inode->i_mutex is not needed? Good question. Nothing in sysfs needs it. The VFS does not grab the inode mutex on this path, but the vfs does grab the inode mutex when writing to the inode. Since the VFs isn't grabbing the inode_mutex there is probably a race in here somewhere if someone looks at things just right. I am too tired tonight to be that person. Eric -- 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
