linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] configfs: call drop_link() to cleanup after create

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Message-ID: <20080612184545.GD5377@mail.oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:45:45 -0700
From:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>
To:	Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@...labs.com>
Cc:	ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] configfs: call drop_link() to cleanup after
	create_link() failure

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 05:26:47PM +0200, Louis Rilling wrote:
> When allow_link() succeeds but create_link() fails, the subsystem is not
> informed of the failure.
> 
> This patch fixes this by calling drop_link() on create_link() failures.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@...labs.com>

This looks good.

Joel

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