linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Improve kobject handling in fs/ext4

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Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 22:51:05 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Riccardo Schirone <sirmy15@...il.com>
Cc:     adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Improve kobject handling in fs/ext4

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 12:17:58AM +0100, Riccardo Schirone wrote:
> This patch tries to correctly use kobjects in fs/ext4. In particular it
> allocates kobjects/ksets dynamically, instead of statically, and improve
> error handling in case kobject_* functions fail.

I don't see the point of allocating the kobjects in question
dynamically?  There is only one of them, so why not use static
allocation?  What is "incorrect" about not doing dynamically allocated
kobjects/ksets?

Regards,

						- Ted