On Sat, Sep 06, 2025 at 06:50:05AM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > On Sat, Sep 06, 2025 at 02:57:05PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > > From: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > proc_setup_self() and proc_setup_thread_self() are only called from > > proc_fill_super() which is before the filesystem is "live". So there is > > no need to lock the root directory when adding "self" and "thread-self". > > > > The locking rules are expected to change, so this locking will become > > anachronistic if we don't remove it. > > Please, leave that one alone. FWIW, in tree-in-dcache branch (will push > tomorrow or on Sunday, once I sort the fucking #work.f_path out) there's > this: PS: you do realize that we have similar things in devpts, binder, functionfs, etc., right? What's special about procfs?
