forked from Minki/linux
mainlining shenanigans
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Figuring out the root case for the REMOVE/CLOSE race and suggesting the solution was done by Neil Brown. Currently what happens is that direct IO calls hold a reference on the open context which is decremented as an asynchronous task in the nfs_direct_complete(). Before reference is decremented, control is returned to the application which is free to close the file. When close is being processed, it decrements its reference on the open_context but since directIO still holds one, it doesn't sent a close on the wire. It returns control to the application which is free to do other operations. For instance, it can delete a file. Direct IO is finally releasing its reference and triggering an asynchronous close. Which races with the REMOVE. On the server, REMOVE can be processed before the CLOSE, failing the REMOVE with EACCES as the file is still opened. Signed-off-by: Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@netapp.com> Suggested-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.com> CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com> |
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Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
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Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.