Sage Weil wrote: > On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Andrew Morton wrote: >> Quite a VFS patch backlog here, some held over from 2.6.32: >> >> vfs-fix-vfs_rename_dir-for-fs_rename_does_d_move-filesystems.patch > > This problem will bite ceph without this patch. I could work around it, > but it would be nice to fix the real bug. Al was worried about nfs: > >> It's _probably_ OK now, but I'd really like to think about NFS >> behaviour. There are subtle traps in that area. > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121666695629006&w=2 > >> vfs-make-real_lookup-do-dentry-revalidation-with-i_mutex-held.patch >> vfs-clean-up-real_lookup.patch > > These were waiting on the autofs4 locking changes and legacy autofs > removal, which Ian has posted and appear to be ready. That's right. The locking changes were sent to Andrew some time ago and they are present in the mm kernel. I've been side tracked and only recently posted the autofs removal patches, no-one objected and I need to send them to Andrew, as in my normal process. Ian -- 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
