s_vfs_rename_sem and cifs (was Re: Possible deadlock in vfs layer, namei.c)

From: Alexey Dobriyan
Date: Thu Mar 02 2006 - 06:45:30 EST


On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 06:46:42PM -0800, Joshua Hudson wrote:
> from namei.c (function: lock_rename), rename takes:
> 1. s_vfs_rename_sem,

Speaking of s_vfs_rename_sem, does cifs usage of it despite explicit
warning at fs.h
was found to be legal?
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