Hi, Le Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:11:29 -0700 (PDT), kanishk rastogi <kanishk_rastogi85@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > what is inode->i_mutex used for ....... > I mean what does it gaurds.. http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking explains how the locking works for inodes and filesystems. Sincerly, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni - thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx http://{thomas,sos,kos}.enix.org - http://www.toulibre.org http://www.{livret,agenda}dulibre.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ