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From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: more devfs fun (Piled Higher and Deeper)
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Alexander Viro writes:
> devfs_rmdir() checks that directory is empty.  Then it calls
> devfsd_notify_one(), which can block.  Then it marks the entry
> unregistered and reports success.
> 
> Guess what will happen if devfs_register() will happen at that
> moment...

Yeah, I fixed that one a couple of months ago in the new tree. I now
unhook from the directory structure before sending the notification.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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