Re: [BUGFIX][PATCH v2 0/2] configfs: Fix cleanup after mkdir()failure

[Louis Rilling]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:27:03AM -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 03:08:21PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
> > There is still a few things in flight:
> > - error handling in config_*_init_type_name(): has rather low priority in my
> >   TODO list, will come back to it probably in a few weeks.
> 
> 	I thought we did this already.  Perhaps I didn't include it?
> Did we have another change to make?

You requested me to move a BUG_ON() earlier (before the actual memory
allocation), and to update documentation. I'm quite in a hurry on other things,
so I'm delaying this (especially the documentation part for which I feel like a
new paragraph is needed).

> 
> > - a small locking cleanup in configfs_rmdir(): will do at the same time as
> >   lockdep stuff.
> 
> 	What sort of change?  I suppose I'll see it when it arrives.

You may look at the retry loop in configfs_rmdir() and see that locks need only
to be taken inside the loop, not outside. This would result in fewer lines for
exactly the same behavior.

> 	I figure this new stuff will probably miss the .27 window, but
> it sounds like that's fine - nothing too serious, and it will make .28.

Sorry for not being responsive enough. As mentioned above, I have more urgent
things to work on right now.

Thanks,

Louis

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