Re: patch: reiserfs for 2.3.49

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Manfred Spraul wrote:

> The problem is not stability, Al is afraid of intentional attacks again
> the filesystem:
>
> e.g multiple thread try to
> * create a file, create a directory with the same name.
> * unlink a directory, and create an entry in that directory.

We fixed this one a year ago:)...
> * open a file with O_TRUNC, and another thread writes to the file,
> perhaps O_APPEND
> ... [I'm no expert of the VFS, so I don't know which races are possible]
>
> normal stress tests are unable to find such bugs.
>
> [But I didn't read you patch]

Alexei will audit for the rest; review cannot hurt.

Hans

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