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From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
To: Frank Cusack <fcusack@fcusack.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4 v. 2.5 nfs_dentry_iput()
Date: 02 Jun 2003 21:52:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <shsy90kb6l6.fsf@charged.uio.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030602021529.A19114@google.com>

>>>>> " " == Frank Cusack <fcusack@fcusack.com> writes:

     > Hi, Could someone quickly explain the difference between the
     > 2.4.20 and 2.5.69 nfs_dentry_iput()?

     > static void nfs_dentry_iput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode
     > *inode) {
     >         if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED) {
     >                 lock_kernel();
     >                 inode-> i_nlink--; /* only in 2.5 */

Should eventually go into 2.4.x. Not critical...

     >                 nfs_complete_unlink(dentry); unlock_kernel();
     >         } if (is_bad_inode(inode)) /* not in 2.5 */
     >                 force_delete(inode); /* not in 2.5 */

Done in the VFS in 2.5

     >         /* When creating a negative dentry, we want to renew
     >         d_time */ nfs_renew_times(dentry); /* only in 2.5 */

Only needed for the new CTO code in 2.5.

     >         iput(inode);
     > }

Cheers,
  Trond

      reply	other threads:[~2003-06-02 19:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-02  9:15 2.4 v. 2.5 nfs_dentry_iput() Frank Cusack
2003-06-02 19:52 ` Trond Myklebust [this message]

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