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

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Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:48:26 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
CC:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	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()

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.
>
>   

I'm okay with switching away from the file-based refcounts to a refcount 
embedded in the kvm structures, though I'm not particularly thrilled by 
it.  Any reason not to use krefs for this?

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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