Re: CVS commit: src/sys

[Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost>]

On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 06:03:44PM +0200, J. Hannken-Illjes wrote:

> Unfortunately this also opens a race for do_sys_sync to succeed with
> vfs_busy() and call ffs_sync() with mp->mnt_data == NULL -> BOMB.

Setting IMNT_GONE earlier while holding umounting lock would prevent this
because it lets dounmount() and vfs_busy() fail. But then we have a
mountpoint in the list with that flag set. Do you know any side effects
of this?


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