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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/25] elevate write count open()'d files
From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
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On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 00:41 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Given that nameidata_to_filp() can call path_release() which "destroys the
> original nameidata", it looks like this was always buggy? 

It does.  I can see how I introduced the bug, and your fix does look
like a good one.  Thanks.

-- Dave