>>>>In general your patch is still does what mine do, so I will be happy if 
>>>>any of this is commited mainstream. In future, please, keep the 
>>>>reference to original authors, this will also make sure that I'm on CC 
>>>>if something goes wrong.
>>>
>>>
>>>Sorry: which 'original author' did I miss ?
>>
>>I mean, it is better to mention original author 
>>(http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114123870406751&w=2) in 
>>patch description, as it makes sure that he will be on CC if this patch 
>>will be discussed later again. My patch fixing this race was in -mm tree 
>>for half a year already.
> 
> 
> Which patch is that?  The race still seems to be present in -mm.
I attached you my latest patch for 2.6.16-rc5

in -mm tree these patch was until the discussion arose again recently:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.14/2.6.14-mm2/broken-out/fix-of-dcache-race-leading-to-busy-inodes-on-umount.patch

Thanks,
Kirill