Re: [PATCH 0/4] smb/server: various clean-ups

[Namjae Jeon]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi,
Hi Neil,
>  did anyone have a chance to look at these - no replies and they don't
>  appear in linux-next ??
Sorry, these patches are not in my mailbox for some reason I don't know...
I guess I missed these ones. I will check and apply the patches now.

Thanks.
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> Thanks,
> NeilBrown
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> On Mon, 09 Jun 2025, NeilBrown wrote:
> > I am working towards making some changes to how locking is managed for
> > directory operations.  Prior to attempting to land these changes I am
> > reviewing code that requests directory operations and cleaning up things
> > that might cause me problems later.
> >
> > These 4 patches are the result of my review of smb/server.  Note that
> > patch 3 fixes what appears to be a real deadlock that should be trivial
> > to hit if the client can actually set the flag which, as mentioned in
> > the patch, can trigger the deadlock.
> >
> > Patch 1 is trivial but the others deserve careful review by someone who
> > knows the code.  I think they are correct, but I've been wrong before.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > NeilBrown
> >
> >  [PATCH 1/4] smb/server: use lookup_one_unlocked()
> >  [PATCH 2/4] smb/server: simplify ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked()
> >  [PATCH 3/4] smb/server: avoid deadlock when linking with
> >  [PATCH 4/4] smb/server: add ksmbd_vfs_kern_path()
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