Re: [PATCH] fs: Restore files_lock and set_fs_root exports

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 07:14:41PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 11:05:38AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Hello, Andrew,
> > 
> > Some export-removal work causes breakage for an out-of-tree filesystem.
> > Could you please apply the attached patch to restore the exports for
> > files_lock and set_fs_root?
> 
> What, in name of everything unholy, is *filesystem* doing with set_fs_root()?

It is using it to set the process's view of the source-code control
system to the desired version.  So process A can see version 2.1 while
process B sees version 1.5, and so that either process can change the
version that it sees on the fly.

						Thanx, Paul
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