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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/6] vfs: add __d_instantiate() helper
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On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 05:39 +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:58:10PM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> >>
> >> This adds __d_instantiate() for users which is already taking
> >> dcache_lock, and replace with it.
> >>
> >> The part of d_add_ci() isn't equivalent. But it should be needed
> >> fsnotify_d_instantiate() actually, because the path is to add the
> >> inode to negative dentry. fsnotify_d_instantiate() should be called
> >> after change from negative to positive.
> >>
> >> __d_instantiate_unique() and d_materialise_unique() does opencoded
> >> optimized version. From history, it seems a intent, so just add comment.
> >
> > Looks good, but I think those "optimized' version should also be
> > converted, a single if shouldn't matter with todays branch predictors.
>
> Me too.
>
> Trond, do you care the following convert? E.g.
>
> in d_materialise_unique():
>
> from
> dentry->d_inode = NULL;
> goto found_lock;
> to
> __d_instantiate(dentry, NULL);
> goto found_lock;

That would be fine by me.

Cheers
Trond

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Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com
www.netapp.com


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