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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Oleg Drokin <green@linuxhacker.ru>
Cc: Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"<linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: More parallel atomic_open/d_splice_alias fun with NFS and possibly more FSes.
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 01:08:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160704000802.GH14480@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160703062917.GG14480@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>

On Sun, Jul 03, 2016 at 07:29:46AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:

> Tentative NFS patch follows; I don't understand Lustre well enough, but it
> looks like a plausible strategy there as well.

Speaking of Lustre: WTF is
                        /* Open dentry. */
                        if (S_ISFIFO(d_inode(dentry)->i_mode)) {
                                /* We cannot call open here as it would
                                 * deadlock.
                                 */
                                if (it_disposition(it, DISP_ENQ_OPEN_REF))
                                        ptlrpc_req_finished(
                                                       (struct ptlrpc_request *)
                                                          it->d.lustre.it_data);
                                rc = finish_no_open(file, de);
                        } else {
about and why do we only do that to FIFOs?  What about symlinks or device
nodes?  Directories, for that matter...  Shouldn't that be if (!S_ISREG(...))
instead?

  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-04  0:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-17  4:09 More parallel atomic_open/d_splice_alias fun with NFS and possibly more FSes Oleg Drokin
2016-06-17  4:29 ` Al Viro
2016-06-25 16:38   ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-03  6:29     ` Al Viro
2016-07-04  0:08       ` Al Viro [this message]
2016-07-04  0:37         ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-04  3:08           ` Al Viro
2016-07-04  3:55             ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-05  2:25               ` Al Viro
2016-07-10 17:01                 ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-10 18:14                   ` James Simmons
2016-07-11  1:01                     ` Al Viro
2016-07-11  1:03                       ` Al Viro
2016-07-11 22:54                         ` lustre sendmsg stuff Oleg Drokin
2016-07-11 17:15                       ` More parallel atomic_open/d_splice_alias fun with NFS and possibly more FSes James Simmons
2016-07-05  2:28       ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-05  2:32         ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-05  4:43         ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-05  6:22       ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-05 12:31         ` Al Viro
2016-07-05 13:51           ` Al Viro
2016-07-05 15:21             ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-05 17:42               ` Al Viro
2016-07-05 18:12                 ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-05 16:33             ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-05 18:08               ` Al Viro
2016-07-05 19:12                 ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-05 20:08                   ` Al Viro
2016-07-05 20:21                     ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-06  0:29                       ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-06  3:20                         ` Al Viro
2016-07-06  3:25                           ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-06  4:35                             ` Oleg Drokin
2016-07-06 16:24             ` Oleg Drokin

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