linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] omfs: add inode routines

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Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:34:56 -0400
From:	"Bob Copeland" <me@...copeland.com>
To:	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] omfs: add inode routines

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Thursday 27 March 2008, Bob Copeland wrote:
>  If you could avoid the i_state member in omfs_inode_info, you could get
>  rid of your own inode cache entirely. Your i_state seems to be mostly
>  write-only, why is it needed in your file system?

Err, yeah, it looks to be superfluous.  I think it's a relic from when
I once did an initialization in omfs_write_inode.

Thanks,
Bob
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