Re: [PATCH v2] fs: simplify misleading code to remove ambiguity regarding ihold()/iput()

From: Luis Henriques
Date: Fri Sep 29 2023 - 05:25:05 EST


Hi Christian,

Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:23:41 +0100, Luís Henriques wrote:
>> Because 'inode' is being initialised before checking if 'dentry' is negative
>> it looks like an extra iput() on 'inode' may happen since the ihold() is
>> done only if the dentry is *not* negative. In reality this doesn't happen
>> because d_is_negative() is never true if ->d_inode is NULL. This patch only
>> makes the code easier to understand, as I was initially mislead by it.
>>
>>
>> [...]
>
> Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
> Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.
>
> Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
> new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.
>
> It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
> patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.
>
> Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
> trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.
>
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
> branch: vfs.misc
>
> [1/1] fs: simplify misleading code to remove ambiguity regarding ihold()/iput()
> https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/5c29bcfaa4cf

Could you please double-check this was indeed applied? I can't see it
anywhere. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong place, but since your scripts
seem to have messed-up my email address, something else may have went
wrong.

Cheers,
--
Luís