Re: [PATCH 5/5] Change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure.

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To: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure.
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 01:50:09 +0100
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>, Jan Harkes <jaharkes@xxxxxxxxxx>, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>, Tyler Hicks <code@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>, Carlos Maiolino <cem@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, coda@xxxxxxxxxx, codalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ecryptfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-unionfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20250608230952.20539-6-neil@brown.name>

On Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 09:09:37AM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> Proposed changes to directory-op locking will lock the dentry rather
> than the whole directory.  So the dentry will need to be unlocked.

Please, repost your current proposal _before_ that one goes anywhere.

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- [PATCH 5/5] Change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure.
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