Ops. After reading nfs code, we also find out that nfs_opendir() always allocates ctx obj (for private_data), unlike other fs allocate private_data right before seeking dentries.
Sorry for the false alarm. Taesoo On 03/21/15 at 11:01am, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 12:21:18AM -0400, Taesoo Kim wrote: > > From: Byoungyoung Lee <lifeasag...@gmail.com> > > > > When filp->private_data is NULL, put_nfs_open_dir_context() > > deferences its pointer (fi->list, fi->cred), similar to what > > other file systems handle '.release' api (9p, cifs, btrfs, > > ext4, ocfs2). > > Why woud filp->private_data ever be NULL here? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
