Re: [PATCH 09/31] IGET: Stop BFS from using iget() and read_inode() [try #3]

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Oct 11 2007 - 03:40:23 EST


Roel Kluin <12o3l@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > + if (IS_ERR(inode))
> > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > + if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
> > + return inode;
>
> Don't you have to unlock_new_inode(inode) before returning?

In the first case, no because an OOM error was returned rather than an inode,
and in the second case, no because an extant non-locked inode was returned.

The inode is only returned locked by iget_locked() if it is also new - in
which case we don't return in either of the above two statements.

> > +error:
>
> and also here?
>
> > + iget_failed(inode);
> > + return ERR_PTR(-EIO);

Take a look at what iget_failed() does (patch #3):

void iget_failed(struct inode *inode)
{
make_bad_inode(inode);
unlock_new_inode(inode);
iput(inode);
}

David
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