On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 12:47:11PM +0400, Artem B. Bityuckiy wrote: > JFFS2 assumes that the above mentioned 'state' field is always coherent > with the real state of the inode. The state is changed on read_inode() > and clear_inode() inode operation calls. > One obvious thing to fix this JFFS2 problem is to acquire the iprune_sem > semaphore in JFFS2 GC, but for this we need to export it. So, please, > consider the following VFS patch (against Linux 2.6.11.5):
No, exporting locks is a really bad idea. Please try to find a better method to fix your problem that doesn't export random kernel symbols. - 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/
