On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 01:14 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> I get this at umount, if there was a failed open():
>
> WARNING: at fs/namespace.c:586 __mntput()
>
> I think the problem is that may_open() calls mnt_want_write(), but if
> open doesn't succeed, mnt_drop_write() will not be called.
I see what you're talking about, and it does look like a bug to me. I'm
working on establishing where the 'struct file' gets created in relation
to all of this, and where best we should back out the write count.
I should have a patch in a few.
-- Dave
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