Re: [PATCH 01/13] sysfs: Update sysfs_setxattr so it updates secdataunder the sysfs_mutex

[Tejun Heo]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The sysfs_mutex is required to ensure updates are and will remain
> atomic with respect to other inode iattr updates, that do not happen
> through the filesystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

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tejun
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