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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:57:30 -0500
From:	Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>
To:	Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
Cc:	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>,
	Sandu Popa Marius <sandupopamarius@...il.com>,
	Jan Rekorajski <baggins@...h.mimuw.edu.pl>,
	"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Vladimir Dronnikov <dronnikov@...il.com>,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/41] whiteout: Add path_whiteout() helper 

In message <1256152779-10054-18-git-send-email-vaurora@...hat.com>, Valerie Aurora writes:
> From: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
> 
> Add a path_whiteout() helper for vfs_whiteout().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.org>
> Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
> ---
>  fs/namei.c         |   15 ++++++++++++++-
>  include/linux/fs.h |    1 -
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index 9a62c75..408380d 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -2231,7 +2231,7 @@ static inline int may_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim,
>   * After this returns with success, don't make any assumptions about the inode.
>   * Just dput() it dentry.
>   */
> -int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int isdir)
> +static int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int isdir)

Didn't some other patch introduce vfs_whiteout?  So why have a second patch
which makes vfs_whiteout a static?  Why not introduce both vfs_whiteout and
path_whiteout in one patch?

>  {
>  	int err;
>  	struct inode *old_inode = dentry->d_inode;
> @@ -2283,6 +2283,19 @@ int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int isdir)
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> +int path_whiteout(struct path *dir_path, struct dentry *dentry, int isdir)

Please document the behavior of path_whiteout in a proper comment above ii
(kernel-doc).  Describe return values, side effects, etc.

Also, isdir in both vfs_whiteout and path_whiteout can be boolean.

Erez.
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