linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 4/5][AIO] - AIO completion signal notification

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:42:42 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	S?bastien Dugu? <sebastien.dugue@...l.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-aio <linux-aio@...ck.org>,
	Bharata B Rao <bharata@...ibm.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	Jean Pierre Dion <jean-pierre.dion@...l.net>,
	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 4/5][AIO] - AIO completion signal notification

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:11:30PM +0100, S?bastien Dugu? wrote:
> > > +	if (unlikely(!notify->sigq))
> > > +		return -EAGAIN;
> > 
> > Did this just leak a ref on the task_struct?
> > 
> 
>   No, the ref is released in really_put_req() when we dispose of
> the iocb.

And the code really needs a comment explaining this.  I tripped over
this before, and I think it's even already the second time Andrew
stumbled over it.

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