From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com>
Cc: hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Amit Sahrawat <amit.sahrawat83@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fat: remove redundent call to fat_detach in vfat_unlink
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:29:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120831172900.GC23464@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1346431688-3544-1-git-send-email-linkinjeon@gmail.com>
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 12:48:07PM -0400, Namjae Jeon wrote:
> As after file is removed fat_evict_inode will be called and fat_detach will be called from that place. So, fat_detach can be removed from vfat_unlink
NAK. Please, realize that unlink and destruction of file are separate
operations. ->evict_inode() may be called long after ->unlink(); moreover,
during that time you might have another file created, getting the
same directory entry our file used to have.
This is Unix, damnit. You *can* open file, then unlink it and that file
will keep existing (i.e. you can write to that descriptor, read, etc.)
until it's closed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-31 17:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-31 16:48 [PATCH] fat: remove redundent call to fat_detach in vfat_unlink Namjae Jeon
2012-08-31 17:29 ` Al Viro [this message]
2012-09-03 6:08 ` Namjae Jeon
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