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Therefore call fscache_withdraw_volume() before calling\ncachefiles_withdraw_objects().\n\nThis way, after setting FSCACHE_CACHE_IS_WITHDRAWN, only the following two\ncases will occur:\n1) fscache_begin_lookup fails in fscache_begin_volume_access().\n2) fscache_withdraw_volume() will ensure that fscache_count_object() has\n been executed before calling fscache_wait_for_objects().", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "fe2140e2f57fef8562e0f9b7cd447d2b08dc2f35", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "8de253177112a47c9af157d23ae934779188b4e1" }, { "version": "fe2140e2f57fef8562e0f9b7cd447d2b08dc2f35", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "9e67589a4a7b7e5660b524d1d5fe61242bcbcc11" }, { "version": "fe2140e2f57fef8562e0f9b7cd447d2b08dc2f35", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "ef81340401e8a371d6b17f69e76d861920972cfe" }, { "version": "fe2140e2f57fef8562e0f9b7cd447d2b08dc2f35", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "5d8f805789072ea7fd39504694b7bd17e5f751c4" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "5.17", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "5.17" }, { "version": "6.1.101", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.6.42", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*" }, { "version": "6.9.11", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.9.*" }, { "version": "6.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }