Re: [RFC]:lock_super race possible?

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Hi,

On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 05:48:24PM +0530, Amit S. Kale wrote:
>
> lock_super is currently implemented as follows:
> if (sb->s_lock)
> __wait_on_super(sb);
> sb->s_lock ;
>
> Can this give rise to a race condition?

Not so long as all callers still retain the global kernel lock.

--Stephen

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