Re: [Patch] vfs: increase scope of critical locked path in fget_light to avoid race

On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 02:33:38PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> Er...  If we get 1, we *KNOW* who holds the only reference - that's us.
> And to change refcount of files_struct you need to hold a reference to
                       or contents
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