On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:05:44PM -0500, Shaya Potter wrote:
> this patch changes the use of the read/write lock to force serialization
> on the branch table.
> 
> basically, any entry point that can change it (ioctl for adding/changing
> mode/inc) is taken with write, while every other fs entry point (lookup,
> read, write....) is taken with read.  basically to force the fs not to
> be in use when a branching operation is taking place.
> 
> thoughts?

I tried the patch, It failed on the regression tests :)

A kernel BUG croped up in super.c:132, which happens with the bug418.sh
test.

Jeff.
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