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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernfs: fix the race in the creation of negative dentry
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Hi,

On 9/23/2021 10:50 AM, Ian Kent wrote:
> Great, although I was hoping you would check it worked as expected.
> Did you check?
> If not could you please do that check?
It fixes the race. I rerun the stress test of module addition and removal,
and the problem doesn't occur after 12 hours.

Regards,
Tao