linux-kernel - Re: oddity in v9fs_kill

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Message-ID: <a4e6962a0905111155h4b575a70o8453938e53b88e3d@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 May 2009 13:55:57 -0500
From:	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: oddity in v9fs_kill_super()

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> Is there any reason to do v9fs_dentry_release(s->s_root) in ->kill_sb()?
> It is called when root dentry is freed and it will be freed just fine...
>

Most likely unnecessary early paranoia on my part - I think that's
been in there since 2.6.14.
I'll look into removing it.

        -eric
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