linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] [RFC v2] safely drop directory dentry on failed revalidate

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Message-ID: <CAJfpegv18PCygsnpYXNLv6mD+Lff9dbVwtoV4OCbzjftc8HVAA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:59:11 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Cc:	Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>,
	Anand Avati <avati@...hat.com>,
	Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	Linux-Fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	KONISHI Ryusuke <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] [RFC v2] safely drop directory dentry on failed revalidate

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net> wrote:

>> The check in waitq.c above "is" used to validate the need to callback to
>> the daemon to request a mount.

Okay.  But then shouldn't the check be  "if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) valid = 0;" ?

Thanks,
Miklos
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