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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] saner FASYNC handling on file close
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 09:49:24 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0811010949020.6226@nehalem.linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081031232830.GX28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>



On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Al Viro wrote:
>
> 	As it is, all instances of ->release() for files that have
> ->fasync() need to remember to evict file from fasync lists; forgetting
> that creates a hole and we actually have a bunch that *does* forget.
> 
> 	So let's keep our lives simple - let __fput() check FASYNC in
> file->f_flags and call ->fasync() there if it's been set.  And lose
> that crap in ->release() instances - leaving it there is still valid,
> but we don't have to bother anymore.
> 
> Comments?

This looks like "obviously the right thing". Done.

		Linus

      reply	other threads:[~2008-11-01 16:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-31 23:28 Al Viro
2008-11-01 16:49 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]

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