linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] fs/anon_inodes.c: Remove incorrect information in comment

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Date:	Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:42:42 -0500
From:	Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] fs/anon_inodes.c: Remove incorrect information in comment

Dentries for the anonymous inode are *not* named based on the inode
sequence number.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
---
 fs/anon_inodes.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index bbfa038..ee81409 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 	if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
-	/*
-	 * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
-	 * using the inode sequence number.
-	 */
+	/* Create a dentry for the new file.  */
 	file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	this.name = name;
 	this.len = strlen(name);
-- 
2.1.2

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