Re: [PATCH 02/10] zcache: fix refcount leak

From: Xiao Guangrong
Date: Tue Jun 19 2012 - 22:54:50 EST


On 06/20/2012 04:06 AM, Seth Jennings wrote:

> On 06/19/2012 02:49 PM, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
>
>> My preference would be to fix it the opposite way, by
>> checking and ignoring zcache_host in zcache_put_pool.
>> The ref-counting is to ensure that a client isn't
>> accidentally destroyed while in use (for multiple-client
>> users such as ramster and kvm) and since zcache_host is a static
>> struct, it should never be deleted so need not be ref-counted.
>
>
> If we do that, we'll need to comment it. If we don't, it won't be
> obvious why we are refcounting every zcache client except one. It'll
> look like a bug.


Okay, i will fix it like Dan's way and comment it.

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