The patch titled r/o bind mounts: do_rmdir(): elevate write count has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was r-o-bind-mounts-do_rmdir-elevate-write-count.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: r/o bind mounts: do_rmdir(): elevate write count From: Dave Hansen <hansendc@xxxxxxxxxx> Elevate the write count during the vfs_rmdir() call. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/namei.c~r-o-bind-mounts-do_rmdir-elevate-write-count fs/namei.c --- a/fs/namei.c~r-o-bind-mounts-do_rmdir-elevate-write-count +++ a/fs/namei.c @@ -2097,7 +2097,12 @@ static long do_rmdir(int dfd, const char error = PTR_ERR(dentry); if (IS_ERR(dentry)) goto exit2; + error = mnt_want_write(nd.mnt); + if (error) + goto exit3; error = vfs_rmdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry); + mnt_drop_write(nd.mnt); +exit3: dput(dentry); exit2: mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from hansendc@xxxxxxxxxx are r-o-bind-mounts-do_rmdir-elevate-write-count.patch r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-writer-count-for-custom-struct_file.patch r-o-bind-mounts-gfs-check-nlink-count.patch r-o-bind-mounts-honor-r-w-changes-at-do_remount-time.patch r-o-bind-mounts-kill-open-files-traverse-on-remount-ro.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html