linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: Split generic_forget_inode() so that hugetlbfs does not have to copy it

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Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:56:38 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, wli@...omorphy.com,
	hch@...radead.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: Split generic_forget_inode() so that hugetlbfs
	does not have to copy it

On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 06:20:34PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> Hugetlbfs needs to do special things instead of truncate_inode_pages().
> Currently, it copied generic_forget_inode() except for truncate_inode_pages()
> call which is asking for trouble (the code there isn't trivial). So create a
> separate function generic_detach_inode() which does all the list magic done in
> generic_forget_inode() and call it from hugetlbfs_forget_inode().

Looks good to me, but long term I'd just prefer to have
truncate_inode_pages do the right thing for huge pages..

> +/*
> + * Remove inode from inode lists, write it if it's dirty.
> + *
> + * Returns 1 if inode should be completely destroyed.
> + */

Please make this a kerneldoc comment.  And mention that this is just
and internal helper that can go away any time.

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