static int ext4_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
			      struct inode *inode,
			      struct ext4_ext_path *path,
			      struct ext4_map_blocks *map,
			      int split_flag,
			      int flags)
{
	ext4_lblk_t ee_block;
	struct ext4_extent *ex;
	unsigned int ee_len, depth;
	int err = 0;
	int uninitialized;
	int split_flag1, flags1;

	depth = ext_depth(inode);
	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
	ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
	ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
	uninitialized = ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex);

	if (map->m_lblk + map->m_len < ee_block + ee_len) {
		split_flag1 = split_flag & EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT ?
			      EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT : 0;
		flags1 = flags | EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO;
		if (uninitialized)
			split_flag1 |= EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT1 |
				       EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2;
		err = ext4_split_extent_at(handle, inode, path,
				map->m_lblk + map->m_len, split_flag1, flags1);
		if (err)
			goto out;
	}

	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
	path = ext4_ext_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, path);
	if (IS_ERR(path))
		return PTR_ERR(path);

	if (map->m_lblk >= ee_block) {
		split_flag1 = split_flag & EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT ?
			      EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT : 0;
		if (uninitialized)
			split_flag1 |= EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT1;
		if (split_flag & EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2)
			split_flag1 |= EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2;
		err = ext4_split_extent_at(handle, inode, path,
				map->m_lblk, split_flag1, flags);
		if (err)
			goto out;
	}

	ext4_ext_show_leaf(inode, path);
out:
	return err ? err : map->m_len;
}
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.