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SubjectRe: [PATCH -mm 3/4][AIO] - AIO completion signal notification
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:14:37 -0800
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:

[snip]

> Look:
>
> > + notify->target = target;
> > +
> > + if (notify->notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID)) {
> > + /*
> > + * This reference will be dropped in really_put_req() when
> > + * we're done with the request.
> > + */
> > + get_task_struct(target);
>
> If that test fails, we've saved a pointer to the task_struct without having
> taken a refreence on it.
>

Aggreed, just wanted to make sure.

Thanks,

Sébastien.
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