On 07/17, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > > (2013/07/16 3:16), Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > On 07/09, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > >> > >> To avoid this, when opening events/*/*/enable, we have to ensure > >> the dentry of the file is not unlinked yet, under event_mutex > >> is locked. > > > > Probably this can work, but I am starting to think that this ref > > count becomes toooooo complex.... > > Oleg, I agree that is a bit complex way to fix but it can fix. > > However, I think we should fix bugs first, because there are bugs. > I don't like to leave a bug in the kernel as it is, while we re- > start discussing new approach...
And I am trying to fix the same problems, just _I think_ there is another and simpler approach. > So, I'd like to suggest you getting these fixes into ftrace as > first-aid treatment, and discuss your new series. Well, perhaps you are right... But this TRACE_EVENT_FL_REF_MASK code is new too, it is not that we only need a small fixlets to finish it. So I think that it makes sense to discuss the alternatives before we decide what exactly we should do. Oleg. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
