Subject: kern/36681: tmpfs rename potential locking problem
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <pooka@iki.fi>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/23/2007 09:50:00
>Number:         36681
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       tmpfs rename potential locking problem
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 23 09:50:00 +0000 2007
>Originator:     Antti Kantee
>Release:        4.99.25
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
tmpfs_rename locks fdvp.  In case fdvp is on the path from tdvp to root (e.g. mv foo ..), this is a locking order violation and could cause a deadlock.
>How-To-Repeat:
code inspection
>Fix:
none provided