linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Ceph fixes for 5.1-rc7

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wj2h5XWt1+NuVdiBPmzQMrZHxs6zLkKquU1OvpxBGNS7w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:43:33 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>, ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Ceph fixes for 5.1-rc7

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 9:36 AM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 9:25 AM Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Is it really ok to union the count and rcu_head there?
>
> It should be fine, because the rcu_count should only ever be used once
                                     ^^^^^

that should be 'head' of course.

              Linus "duh" Torvalds