linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC 1/2] anon-inodes: Remove fd_install() from anon_inode

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Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:40:25 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>, kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 1/2] anon-inodes: Remove fd_install() from anon_inode_getfd()

On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 06:45:34PM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
>  >  	spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
>  > +	if (--kvm->refcount) {
>  > +		spin_lock(&kvm_lock);
> 
> obvious typo here...

Indeed.  Any comments from the kvm developers in this approach?  The
current multi-level file refcounting seems rather bogus so I'd like
to make some progress on this.

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