linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] exofs: stop using s

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:29:05 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linux FS Maling List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Maling List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Benny Halevy <bhalevy@...ian.com>, osd-dev@...n-osd.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] exofs: stop using s_dirt

On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 14:48 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> From: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Exofs has the '->write_super()' handler and makes some use of the '->s_dirt'
> superblock flag, but it really needs neither of them because it never sets
> 's_dirt' to one which means the VFS never calls its '->write_super()' handler.
> Thus, remove both.
> 
> Note, I am trying to remove both 's_dirt' and 'write_super()' from VFS
> altogether once all users are gone.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com>

Al or Boaz, would you please consider picking this patch?

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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