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

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Date:	Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:29:04 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>
Cc:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/18] exofs: use iput() for inode reference count
 decrements

On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 06:56:50PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Could this go to exofs maintainer and get merged as a bugfix?

I already pinged Boaz.

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