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inotify: Work around the vput() bug directly
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Authored by markj on Nov 15 2025, 6:03 PM.
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rG76883b793db8: inotify: Work around the vput() bug directly
rG1f6e3abf4171: inotify: Work around the vput() bug directly
rGebc17879f088: inotify: Work around the vput() bug directly
Summary

For 15.0, apply a minimal fix which at least ensures that inotify can't
trigger the latent race described in commit 99cb3dca4773 ("vnode: Rework
vput() to avoid holding the vnode lock after decrementing").

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