Re: [PATCH 05/24] Introduce locking functions for block device setup on NetBSD

[Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Manuel Bouyer writes ("Re: [PATCH 05/24] Introduce locking functions for block 
device setup on NetBSD"):
> Right, thanks. Then it would need to be done with 2 different calls
> but I don't think that's a problem (even with the linux version it would
> not be atomic anyway).

Sorry, I forgot to reply to this.  Yes, it would need to invocations
of stat(1).  You are correct that the Linux version is not atomic in
that sense.

Ian.