linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 08/17] locks: plumb a "priv" pointer into the setlease routines

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Date:	Thu, 4 Sep 2014 10:48:53 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...marydata.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/17] locks: plumb a "priv" pointer into the setlease
 routines

On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 08:38:34AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> In later patches, we're going to add a new lock_manager_operation to
> finish setting up the lease while still holding the i_lock.  To do
> this, we'll need to pass a little bit of info in the fcntl setlease
> case (primarily an fasync structure). Plumb the extra pointer into
> there in advance of that.
> 
> We declare this pointer as a void ** to make it clear that this is
> private info, and that the caller isn't required to set this unless
> the lm_setup specifically requires it.

Looks good,

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