Re: [GIT PULL] Ceph fixes for 5.1-rc7

From: Al Viro
Date: Sun Apr 28 2019 - 11:52:24 EST


On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 11:47:58AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:

> We could stick that in ceph_dentry_info (->d_fsdata). We have a flags
> field in there already.

Yes, but... You have it freed in ->d_release(), AFAICS, and without
any delays. So lockless accesses will be trouble.