Re: [RFC] [PATCH 1/8] inode_diet: Replace inode.u.generic_ip with inode.i_private

Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-19T19:09:24Z

> Index: linux-2.6.17/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.17.orig/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c 2006-06-18 18:58:51.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6.17/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c 2006-06-18 18:58:55.000000000 -0400
> @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
> debug_info_t *debug_info, *debug_info_snapshot;
>
> down(&debug_lock);
> - debug_info = (struct debug_info*)file->f_dentry->d_inode->u.generic_ip;
> + debug_info = (struct debug_info*)file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_private;

is this actually okay? who owns the private data in debugfs inodes?