From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:47:19 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: introduce NO_PTHREADS
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0811170846390.3468@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vvdumwbnn.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>



On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> I suspect that the callpath around ce_modified_check_fs() uses a buffer
> obtained from path.c:get_pathname() and parallel threads stomp on each
> other, but I do not have time to debug this right now (I will be on a
> 14-hour flight in a few hours).

Oh, damn. I had forgotten that check_fs() doesn't just do a "lstat()" any 
more. You're right.

Let me look at it. 

		Linus