linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] vfs patches

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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:00:14 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git pull] vfs patches

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 09:05:59AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> 	dget(save.dentry);
> 	mntget(save.mnt);
> 	...
> 	path_put(&save);
> 
> which looks very strange compared to the natural sequence:
> 
> 	path_get(&save);
> 	..
> 	path_put(&save);
> 
> and yes, I realize the code was just moved (and the reason for the mixing 
> is that the "path_put()" conversion was done much more aggressively, as 
> the ordering matters), but I'm bringing this up in the hope somebody has 
> the energy to clean things like up some day...

*nod*

Keep in mind that there's a lot more coming post-.25; FWIW, there's another
bunch of patches that probably ought to go before .25 (mount expiry stuff;
I'll do a bit of reordering and probably ask to pull tomorrow).

The next couple of cycles is going to get interesting around
fs/{namei,namespace,pnode,super,dentry}.c
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