Re: locking patches for ufs_rename

[Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost>]

On Thu 29 Oct 2009 at 07:13:51 +0000, David Holland wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 08:01:54PM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
>  > Would it make sense to use a global lock only for cross-directory
>  > renames, and not for in-directory renames?
> 
> Yes.

What if one rename renames (moves) across directories, into some other
directory where an in-directory rename is going on? Or away from such a
directory? The one move might take the global lock, but not the other.
Is that a problem?

-Olaf.
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