Re: [PATCH] ReiserFS: Make sure all dentries refs are released before calling kill_block_super() [try #2]

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wednesday 09 August 2006 15:43, David Howells wrote:
> 
> Make sure all dentries refs are released before calling kill_block_super() so
> that the assumption that generic_shutdown_super() can completely destroy the
> dentry tree for there will be no external references holds true.
> 
> What was being done in the put_super() superblock op, is now done in the
> kill_sb() filesystem op instead, prior to calling kill_block_super().
> 
> 
> Changes made in [try #2]:
> 
>  (*) reiserfs_kill_sb() now checks that the superblock FS info pointer is set
>      before trying to dereference it.

This one works on my box just fine.

Thanks,
Rafael
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