Issues with Linux kernel oplocks

[Simo]

On Wed, 2013-07-24 at 15:17 +0200, Ralph Wuerthner wrote:
> On 23/07/13 23:53, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 02:12:28PM -0700, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> >
> > Ok Ralph, can you test this fix to see if it addresses
> > your issue ? It should apply cleanly to 3.6.x and 4.0.x.
> >
> > If it works for you then we'll raise a bug and get it
> > into 3.6.next and 4.0.next.
> >
> 
> What I forgot - one dump question:
> Why did you remove the bug 8974 work around in our patch?

Ralph I think the reasoning is that when you use become_root() you
acquire all capabilities as well, so the bug simply doesn't have a
chance to exist anymore.

Simo.