Can't really comment the patch, just a nit: On 08/21, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > +static bool may_flink(const struct path *path) > +{ > + bool ret; > + struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode; > + > + /* > + * This is racy: I_LINKABLE could be cleared between this check > + * and the actual link operation. OK, > + spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); > + ret = !!(inode->i_state & I_LINKABLE); > + spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); so why do we need to take a lock ? Oleg. -- 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