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

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Message-Id: <200803280442.45974.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:42:45 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] omfs: add inode routines

On Thursday 27 March 2008, Bob Copeland wrote:
> +static struct inode *omfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
> +{
> +       struct omfs_inode_info *oinf;
> +       oinf = (struct omfs_inode_info *) kmem_cache_alloc(omfs_inode_cachep,
> +                       GFP_KERNEL);
> +       if (!oinf)
> +               return NULL;
> +       return &oinf->vfs_inode;
> +}

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?

	Arnd <><
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