Re: [RESEND][PATCH] lseek: remove i_mutex

[Al Viro]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 01:41:10PM +0900, Hisashi Hifumi wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> Following patch removes i_mutex from generic_file_llseek.
> I think the reason of protecting lseek with i_mutex is just
> touching i_size (and f_pos) atomically.

NAK.  There's also a lot of fun with directories - readdir() vs. llseek().
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