On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 at 17:06, Al Viro <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd rather go for a spinlock there, protecting these FFS_DEACTIVATED > transitions;
Yes, that's the much better solution. The locking in this thing is horrendous.
But judging by Samuel's recent email, there's something else than the
open locking thing going on.
Linus
