Hi Andrew, This patch fixes a potential race between request_wait_answer() calling background_request() and fuse_dev_writev() calling request_end() if a request is interrupted. The race could cause inodes and files to acquire an extra reference, making them unfreeable.
Please apply. Thanks, Miklos Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -rup linux-2.6.11-rc2-mm2/fs/fuse/dev.c linux-fuse/fs/fuse/dev.c --- linux-2.6.11-rc2-mm2/fs/fuse/dev.c 2005-01-30 21:40:53.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-fuse/fs/fuse/dev.c 2005-02-02 12:44:26.000000000 +0100 @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static void request_wait_answer(struct f if (!req->sent && !list_empty(&req->list)) { list_del(&req->list); __fuse_put_request(req); - } else if (req->sent) + } else if (!req->finished && req->sent) background_request(req); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/