Re: [PATCH] : Add dev-id and inode number for debugging in init_special_inode in fs/inode.c

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:11:00 +0530
Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> --- a/fs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/inode.c
> @@ -1540,7 +1540,8 @@ void init_special_inode(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
>  	else if (S_ISSOCK(mode))
>  		inode->i_fop = &bad_sock_fops;
>  	else
> -		printk(KERN_DEBUG "init_special_inode: bogus i_mode (%o)\n",
> -		       mode);
> +		printk(KERN_DEBUG "init_special_inode: bogus i_mode (%o) for"
> +				  " inode %s:%lu\n", mode, inode->i_sb->s_id,
> +				  inode->i_ino);
>  }

Is ther a guarantee that inode->i_sb and inode->i_ino have been initialised
at this time?
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