Re: [PATCH] Useless inode semaphore locking in 2.4.0-test8

From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 19 2000 - 15:34:25 EDT

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On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:

>
> This will break NWFS and require I put back in all the locks Al Viro
> told me to remove.

This will also break _every_ writable filesystem in tree and outside. Case
closed. Author of suggestion took it back about a week ago, IIRC.

BTW, Linus, congrats on combing through your mailbox - wish I had time to
do the same ;-)

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