The patch titled v9fs: don't use primary fid when removing file has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was v9fs-dont-use-primary-fid-when-removing-file.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: v9fs: don't use primary fid when removing file From: "Latchesar Ionkov" <lucho@xxxxxxxxxx> v9fs_insert uses v9fs_fid_lookup (which also locks the fid) to get the primary fid associated with the dentry and destroys the v9fs_fid struct after removing the file. If another process called v9fs_fid_lookup on the same dentry, it may wait undefinitely for the fid's lock (as the struct is freed). This patch changes v9fs_remove to use a cloned fid, so the primary fid is not locked and freed. Signed-off-by: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/9p/vfs_inode.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/9p/vfs_inode.c~v9fs-dont-use-primary-fid-when-removing-file fs/9p/vfs_inode.c --- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c~v9fs-dont-use-primary-fid-when-removing-file +++ a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static int v9fs_remove(struct inode *dir file_inode = file->d_inode; sb = file_inode->i_sb; v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(file_inode); - v9fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(file); + v9fid = v9fs_fid_clone(file); if(IS_ERR(v9fid)) return PTR_ERR(v9fid); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from lucho@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.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