On Sat, 29 November 2008 09:44:23 +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>
> +struct dentry *d_alloc_single(const struct qstr *name, struct inode *inode)
> +{
> + struct dentry *entry;
> +
> + entry = d_alloc(NULL, name);
> + if (entry) {
> + entry->d_sb = inode->i_sb;
> + entry->d_parent = entry;
> + entry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SINGLE | DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
> + entry->d_inode = inode;
> + fsnotify_d_instantiate(entry, inode);
> + security_d_instantiate(entry, inode);
> + }
> + return entry;
Calling the struct dentry entry had me onfused a bit. I believe
everyone else (including the code you removed) uses dentry.
> @@ -918,7 +906,7 @@ struct file *create_write_pipe(int flags)
> struct inode *inode;
> struct file *f;
> struct dentry *dentry;
> - struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
> + static const struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
>
> err = -ENFILE;
> inode = get_pipe_inode();
...
> @@ -371,20 +358,13 @@ static int sock_alloc_fd(struct file **filep, int flags)
> static int sock_attach_fd(struct socket *sock, struct file *file, int flags)
> {
> struct dentry *dentry;
> - struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
> + static const struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
These two could even be combined.
And of course I realize that I comment on absolute trivialities. On the
whole, I couldn't spot a real problem in your patches.
Jörn
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