From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262629AbVFXOvr (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:51:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262918AbVFXOvq (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:51:46 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:13961 "EHLO parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262629AbVFXOvf (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:51:35 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:53:00 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Hans Reiser Cc: Alexander Zarochentcev , Lincoln Dale , Alan Cox , David Masover , Horst von Brand , Jeff Garzik , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: reiser4 plugins Message-ID: <20050624145259.GS29811@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <200506231924.j5NJOvLA031008@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <42BB31E9.50805@slaphack.com> <1119570225.18655.75.camel@localhost.localdomain> <42BB5E1A.70903@namesys.com> <42BB7083.2070107@cisco.com> <42BBAD0F.2040802@namesys.com> <20050624071159.GQ29811@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <42BBCC65.8060709@namesys.com> <20050624144522.GR29811@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050624144522.GR29811@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 03:45:23PM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 02:03:33AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote: > > Al Viro wrote: > > > > >Have I missed the posting with analysis of changes in locking scheme > > >and update of proof of correctness? If so, please give the message ID. > > > > > >_That_ had been the major showstopper for any merges, IIRC. > > > > > > > > Ah, the prince of helpfulness has arrived. > > > > Yes, as I remember, > > Kindly put some efforts into remembering the thread that contains e.g. > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109347094309283&w=2 > > If that work (summary: introduction of hybrid objects invalidates the > existing locking scheme for directories and that had lead at least to > several user-exploitable deadlocks described in details in the same > thread; current proof of correctness is in the tree, see > Documentation/filesystems/Directory-Locking.txt and at the very least gaaack... Sorry - should've proofread better - s/Directory-Locking.txt/directory-locking/ in the above. > it needs to be updated) had been done - please, give the message ID > of posting with such update. If not - please, arrange getting it done. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/