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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2009-02-06 23:25:24 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2009-03-16 15:32:27 +0100
commitdb1dd4d376134eba0e08af523b61cc566a4ea1cd (patch)
tree8882c673abbaa5713511b7046493fa862b9140d1 /kernel/cred-internals.h
parentRename struct file->f_ep_lock (diff)
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Use f_lock to protect f_flags
Traditionally, changes to struct file->f_flags have been done under BKL protection, or with no protection at all. This patch causes all f_flags changes after file open/creation time to be done under protection of f_lock. This allows the removal of some BKL usage and fixes a number of longstanding (if microscopic) races. Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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