[Patch] tmpfs fixes against 2.4.6-pre(2)

Hi Linus, This is the second part of my patches. Writing out of a mapping of a tmpfs file into the same file can deadlock. This is running in the -ac series since some while. Please apply Christoph diff -uNr 6-pre8-fix1/include/linux/shmem_fs.h 6-pre8-fix2/include/linux/shmem_f

[Patch] tmpfs fixes against 2.4.6-pre

Hi Linus, I split up my previous patch into two. Hopefully this is more acceptable for you or will trigger some comments. This is the first part: 1) shmem_remount_fs garbles parameters which are not supplied 2) shmem_truncate should check the maximum size else we get ugly oopses 3) shmem_fil

[Patch] tmpfs fixes against 2.4.6-pre

Hi Linus, the appended patch fixes several tmpfs problems: 1) writing out of a mapping of a tmpfs file into the same file can deadlock 2) shmem_remount_fs garbles parameters which are not supplied 3) shmem_file_setup should check the maximum size Please apply Christoph diff