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Date:	Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:41:34 +1100
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] fs: remove inode_lock from iput_final and
 prune_icache

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 08:00:57AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Looks good - although at this point you could already remove inode_lock
> from igrab, too.

Yes, it probably can go at this point - after the next three patches
it's pretty much the only place the lock is left, so it's not really
protecting anything anymore...

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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