Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4

[Al Viro]

On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 01:41:32AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:

> OK, I'll need to look at vfs_readdir().
> I thought vfs_readdir() would take the containing directory mutex as
> does ->lookup().

vfs_readdir() takes i_mutex on directory it reads.  I.e. on the victim
in this case.  lookup has i_mutex on directory it does lookup in, i.e.
root in this case...
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