Re: [PATCH] proc-ns: Use d_set_d_op() API to set dentry ops inproc_ns_instantiate().

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Mar 22 2012 - 19:17:37 EST


On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:08:17 -0700
Jesse Gross <jesse@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Use d_set_d_op() so that DCACHE_OP_* flags are set correctly which fixes ns
> cleanup path i.e. `ip netns delete `.
>
> This issue exists back to 3.0.

What does "fixes" mean? Please provide a full description of the
user-visible impact of the bug, so that others can ascertain whether
the patch will fix a problem which they're seeing and so that people
like me can work out which kernel versions we should merge it into.

Thanks.

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