On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 08:31 -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > > > > > > From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [PATCH] autofs: prevent pid wraparound in waitqs > > > > > > Instead of storing pid numbers for waitqs, store references > > > to struct pids. Also store a reference to the mounter's pid > > > namespace in the autofs4 sb info so that pid numbers for > > > mount miss and expiry msgs can send the pid# in the mounter's > > > pidns. > > > > I think this amounts to what I suggested in my previous replies. > > Hopefully my comments are enough to clear up any questions on > > correctness of this approach. > > > > Sorry to be a pain but I'm having a little trouble reviewing the patch > > because I'm not clear on where the code to handle the automount process > > group (so called oz_pgrp), from the first patch, fits in with this. > > It also has pidspace infrastructure code in it, so I think we will just > hold off on this until we have that infrastructure merged into the > pidspace code and into -mm. Then we can send you a single, more concise > patch.
OK great. I'll have a close look through the code and it's related calls when I get hold of a complete patch. That will be much easier and mistakes will be less likely. Ian - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
