linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [2.6.24-rc3-mm1] loop cleanup in fs/namespace.c

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Date:	Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:49:19 +0300
From:	Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...il.com>
To:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
CC:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2.6.24-rc3-mm1] loop cleanup in fs/namespace.c - repost

Zach Brown пишет:
>>> This doesn't look fine.  Did you test this?
>> Oops, my fault. Of course, I tested the patch, but kernel modules are
>> disabled in my test setup, so I missed the error.
> 
> :)
> 
>> Enclosed to this message is a new patch, which replaces the goto-loop by
>> the while-based one, but leaves the EXPORT_SYMBOL macro intact.
> 
> It certainly looks OK to me now, for whatever that's worth. 

Zach, thank you for the code review and suggestions.

> 
> You probably want to wait 'till the next merge window to get it in,
> though.  It's just a cleanup and so shouldn't go in this late in the -rc
> line.
> 
> Maybe Andrew will be willing to queue it until that time in -mm.

I am enclosing the patch against current -mm tree and adding Andrew to the Cc: list.

Thanks,

Dmitri

> 
> - z
> 


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