Re: Which types of locking should I use?

[raven@xxxxxxxxxx]

On Tue, 4 May 2004, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> Hello, Jan.
> 
> (NOTE: I listed some functions where I want to use 'current',
> and the following is Jan's answer.
> Not applicable to all functions defined in fs/*.c !)
> "Jan Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx>" wrote:
> > Summary: All of the functions can safely use current without any special
> > precautions whatsoever. All of them may (and usualy do) sleep, since
> > they need 

Not sure that's always the case.

I believe that threads that share current->fs?

What am I missing?

Ian


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