From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Piggin Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/18] exofs: use iput() for inode reference count decrements Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:56:50 +1100 Message-ID: <20101016075650.GM19147@amd> References: <1286515292-15882-1-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com> <1286515292-15882-8-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Dave Chinner Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1286515292-15882-8-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 04:21:21PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > From: Dave Chinner > > Direct modification of the inode reference count is a no-no. Convert > the exofs decrements to call iput() instead of acting directly on > i_count. Could this go to exofs maintainer and get merged as a bugfix? > > Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner > --- > fs/exofs/inode.c | 4 ++-- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c > index b631ff3..0fb4d4c 100644 > --- a/fs/exofs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c > @@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ static void create_done(struct exofs_io_state *ios, void *p) > > set_obj_created(oi); > > - atomic_dec(&inode->i_count); > + iput(inode); > wake_up(&oi->i_wq); > } >