Re: 2.0.31-1 patch: possible fix for some inode problems

Nathan Bryant (nathan@nbryan71.dorm.usm.maine.edu)
Sun, 9 Nov 1997 16:16:23 -0500 (EST)


On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Benjamin C.R. LaHaise wrote:

[snip]

> The attached patch moves the code in iget around, and makes iput lock the
> inode until it's done with it. No more need to worry about blocking
> operations in put_inode - and it's transparent to the filesystems. Yeah
> it's a big lock, but it's one inode... And this way clear_inode doesn't
> have a chance of blowing up in people's faces.

[snip]

Tried your patch. I'm getting tons of "VFS: clear_inode called on unlocked
inode." messages.

Nathan Bryant
nathan@nbryan71.dorm.usm.maine.edu
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