linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] fs: add fput

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Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:19:18 -0400
From:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	bfields@...ldses.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] fs: add fput_queue

On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:15:39 +0100
Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 09:45:54AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > +/**
> > + * fput_queue - do an fput without using task_work
> > + * @file: file of which to put the reference
> > + *
> > + * If we need to ensure that the final __fput is done on a file before
> > + * returning to userland, then we can't queue it to task_work. For that we
>                                                        ?????????
> > + * borrow the infrastructure used by kthreads, and the task can then just
> > + * called flush_delayed_fput to ensure that the final fput has completed.
> 
> Are you sure that it's not a typo?

I don't think so, but it could be clearer. Something like this maybe?

     "then we can't queue it via task_work_add."

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>
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