linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/5] mbcache: remove unnecessary module_get/module

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Date:   Sat, 3 Dec 2016 15:41:52 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] mbcache: remove unnecessary module_get/module_put

On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 10:17:59PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> When mbcache is built as a module, any modules that use it (ext2 and/or
> ext4) will depend on its symbols directly, incrementing its reference
> count.  Therefore, there is no need to do module_get/module_put.
> 
> Also note that since the module_get/module_put were in the mbcache
> module itself, executing those lines of code was already dependent on
> another reference to the mbcache module being held.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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