On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 1:55 AM Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> + spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
> + inode->i_state |= I_CREATING;
> + spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
> +
Why is that spinlock protection there?
Isn't this a new inode that cannot possibly be reached any other way yet?
NOTE! This is a question. Maybe there is something I missed, and there
*are* other ways to reach that inode. But if that's true, isn't it
already too late to set I_CREATING?
So I'd like some clarification on this point before applying it. It's
possible that the spinlock is required, I just want to understand why.
Linus
