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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:02:10 -0500
From:	Valerie Aurora <vaurora@...hat.com>
To:	Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>
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

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 02:57:30AM -0500, Erez Zadok wrote:
> 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?

You're right, I merged those patches.

> >  {
> >  	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.

Superseded by improved vfs_whiteout() documentation.

Thanks,

-VAL
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