linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/18] exofs: use iput() for inode reference count decrements

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Message-ID: <20101008072119.GF23595@lst.de>
Date:	Fri, 8 Oct 2010 03:21:19 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/18] exofs: use iput() for inode reference count
 decrements

On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 04:21:21PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
> 
> Direct modification of the inode reference count is a no-no. Convert
> the exofs decrements to call iput() instead of acting directly on
> i_count.

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

The real question is why exofs got along with this so long.

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