Re: [PATCH] one of $BIGNUM devfs races

From: Richard Gooch (rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca)
Date: Mon Aug 06 2001 - 11:47:16 EST


Alexander Viro writes:
> OK, folks - that's it. By all reasonable standards a year
> _is_ sufficient time to fix an obvious race. One in
> devfs/base.c::create_entry() had been described to Richard more than
> a year ago. While I respect the "I'll do it myself, don't spoil the
> fun" stance, it's clearly over the bleedin' top. Patch for that one
> is in the end of posting. Linus, see if it looks sane for you.

Well, funny you send this today, Al, as today was supposed to be the
day I start work on fixing a pile of races. I've got the most
important features in before 2.5 is forked, and I've got a free day to
get started on this.

I'll look at your patch after breakfast :-)

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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