Re: [PATCH] blockdev: fixes race between mount/umount

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 03:04:45PM -0500, Jeffrey Mahoney wrote:
> This patch fixes a race between mount and umount in set_blocksize. The results
> can vary between buffer errors and infinite loops in __getblk_slow, and
> possibly others.
> 
> The patch makes set_blocksize run under the bdev_lock if it is the sole holder
> of the block device.
> 
> Changes:
>     - Added missing sync_blockdev in kill_block_super, lost in the shuffle.

Please follow proper kernel codingstyle, thanks.

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