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To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Bug 205567] potential (possibly benign) data race on ext4_dir_entry_2->inode when getdents64 and rename happens on the same directory
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 01:29:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bug-205567-13602-tEYkyyfn7x@https.bugzilla.kernel.org/> (raw)
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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205567
Theodore Tso (tytso@mit.edu) changed:
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--- Comment #4 from Theodore Tso (tytso@mit.edu) ---
POSIX specifically states that it is undefined that if there is a rename taking
place during a readdir() scan, it is undefined whether the entry will appear or
not.
So, not a race.
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2019-11-18 20:15 [Bug 205567] New: potential (possibly benign) data race on ext4_dir_entry_2->inode when getdents64 and rename happens on the same directory bugzilla-daemon
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