Al Viro <v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > +static struct dentry *afs_lookup_atsys(struct inode *dir, struct dentry
> > *dentry,
> > + struct key *key)
> > +{
>
> > + ret = lookup_one_len(buf, parent, len);
>
> Er... Parent is locked only shared here and lookup_one_len() seriously
> depends upon exclusive lock. As it is, race with lookup of the full name
> will mess the things up very badly.
How should it be done? Do I have to use d_alloc_parallel(), analogous to
lookup_slow() without taking the rwsem again?
David
PS: Can you stick a banner comment on d_alloc_parallel() describing it?
